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Godpretty in the tobacco field

"Nameless, Kentucky, in 1969 is a hardscrabble community where jobs are few and poverty is a simple fact -- just like the hot Appalachian breeze or the pests that can wipe out a tobacco field in days. RubyLyn Bishop is luckier than some. Her God-fearing uncle, Gunnar, has a short fuse and high expec...

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Main Author: Richardson, Kim Michele
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2016.
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Appalachians (People) > Fiction.
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Summary:"Nameless, Kentucky, in 1969 is a hardscrabble community where jobs are few and poverty is a simple fact -- just like the hot Appalachian breeze or the pests that can wipe out a tobacco field in days. RubyLyn Bishop is luckier than some. Her God-fearing uncle, Gunnar, has a short fuse and high expectations, but he's given her a good home ever since she was orphaned at the age of five. Yet now, a month shy of her sixteenth birthday, RubyLyn itches for more."--Amazon.com
Physical Description:278 p.
ISBN:9781617737350
1617737356
Author Notes:Kim Michele Richardson is the award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Southern fiction, including The Sisters of Glass Ferry, Liar's Bench , GodPretty in the Tobacco Field and The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, which was a LibraryReads selection, an IndieNext Pick, a Books-A-Million Best Fiction selection, an Oprah's Buzziest Books pick and a Women's National Book Association Great Group Reads selection. Born in Kentucky and a part-time resident of North Carolina, she is a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and an advocate for the prevention of child abuse and domestic violence. Please visit her online at KimMicheleRichardson.com.

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