This month, Beckie R. of Prestonsburg, Kentucky jumped in the breadline first. Two minutes after the opening bell she was there, politely demanding this Appalachia-related anthology, Degrees of Elevation: Short Stories of Contemporary Appalachia.
Beckie says, "I personally know two of the contributing authors (Jarrid Deaton and Sheldon Lee Compton), and along with their work, I'm also a huge fan of several of the other writers included in the collection." She says the stories in this collection "portray a more accurate picture of life in the Appalachias than most works published about the area, which tend to be sugar-coated and colored with nostalgia."
I can only speak from my nineteen years of living and collecting tree sap in the Tennessee hills, but from what I know it is indeed a very laborious way of life, and the more I think about it the more I want to read about it.
"These stories are real," Beckie says. "Here poor is poor, love is hard, and sometimes right is wrong and wrong is right... each author included in this collection has his/her own knack for illustrating that aspect of mountain living in the most eloquent of ways."
Beckie also mentioned hopefully getting a picture of the book with herself and the two authors mentioned above. So let's hope for that, hold her to it, promise our friends and family it will happen, and extradite her from the blog if it doesn't.
Alright!
The breadline is still open for drawing participants until the end of the month, so don't forget to drop in your request at breadlinebooks@gmail.com.
Hahahahaha! So long as I get to keep the book!
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