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You show me a woman who calls herself a Christian up in these parts, and I'll show you a woman who knows how to heal. It ain't un-Christian to make do when you're poor, I can promise you that. You just show me a Christian woman up here, and I'll show you a woman who knows what to pick and where to find it. If you don't know how to heal yourself, then you don't know how to live when times are hard.
ahhhh, another "salt of the earth," "take care of your own business" kind of book.
and another great ...more
ahhhh, another "salt of the earth," "take care of your own business" kind of book.
and another great ...more
This felt hurky-jerky at the start, lurching the present-day crime forward in a chronological tangle. But before the halfway mark, it had smoothed out its storytelling stride, the flashbacks becoming interludes that felt like sitting on the porch of the general store to listen to the oldtimers tell of old scandals and how people used to be before life ran over them. The end was abrupt and maybe too neat. I don't know that this will be one that will stick with me but I did enjoy reading it.
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As I read this, I thought of Conroy's Prince of Tides - the plot is very different, but the feeling (for me) was the same.
Jess is the younger brother of Stump (real name, Christopher) who is identified in the blurbage as being autistic, but I don't think that's the case because he can interact with others, he just doesn't speak, is often in his own world, and doesn't like being touched. His mother belongs to a snake-and-fire handling church, Church of Christ in Signs Following; it's a church tha ...more
Jess is the younger brother of Stump (real name, Christopher) who is identified in the blurbage as being autistic, but I don't think that's the case because he can interact with others, he just doesn't speak, is often in his own world, and doesn't like being touched. His mother belongs to a snake-and-fire handling church, Church of Christ in Signs Following; it's a church tha ...more
I really liked this one. I think listening to some of the audio might have added to my enjoyment. There are so many sad stories here, my heart broke for Jess and for the sheriff. The only thing I didn't like was the Addie's backstory. It didn't add really add anything and it broke the momentum of the story. Pastor Chambliss is one creepy dude.
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You know when you finish a book and you look back on it with a sense of awe, trying to better understand what you just finished? That was this type of book. The front cover compares it to To Kill a Mockingbird, but even without that that guidance I think I would have come up with the comparison myself. Similar to how you could say that book is about Scout and her relationship with her older brother and father, when it's really so much more than that, with this you could also say it's about Jess
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Dark, a little scary - - -one certainly would hesitate to be wandering the hills and rills of the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina, Kentucky and West Virginia after reading this book - - -but overall, well done with realistic characters and a realistic look at the underbelly of fanatical religious cults with serpent handlers as preachers (and in case you think that doesn't exist any more, take a peek at this article: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06... ).
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Dark secrets in small towns---any book that starts with this idea is guaranteed to grab my attention. And once grabbed by this one, I could not put it down. The writing is brilliant and the story-telling kept pulling me deeper and deeper into small town North Carolina and into the lives and minds of its characters as they narrated their stories. Wiley Cash quickly jumped to the top of my list of favorite authors, next to William Kent Krueger, Richard Russo, Tom Franklin, Greg Iles and Tom McNeal
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this is a lovely, engaging read. great, great debut novel by wiley cash. more later if i get the energy...
Couldn't get into this
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Feb 01, 2012
Bethany
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Apr 05, 2012
Betsy
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Emily
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Oct 14, 2012
CLM
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Jan 04, 2013
Misha
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Feb 19, 2013
Lara
marked it as to-read
Nov 18, 2013
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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Cindy
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Michelle
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