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Sarah's Girls: A Chronicle of Big Ugly Creek
by Lenore McComas Coberly
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Swallow Press (2006-12-05)
ISBN: 0804010951
EAN: 9780804010955
Dewey Decimal #: 813.54
Binding/Media: Paperback - 168 pages
Edition: 1
SKU: 00-6JUB-0FGZ
Condition: As New
Comments: Appears to be unread. Spine is uncreased, binding is tight. No markings.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Situated in a remote outpost in West Virginia at the turn of the last century, the story that Lenore McComas Coberly tells in Sarah’s Girls is one of place, people, and unquenchable spirit. In this fictionalized account of her recent ancestors, Coberly masterfully traces the journeys of their lives, their dreams, and their hardships over the course of the twentieth century. At its center is the story of Lena, who returns to care for her dead sister’s daughters, giving up the promise of a life that can spare her the adversity rural living guarantees. The author goes back to Big Ugly Creek, the place where her grandparents met—and the place whose memory she cannot leave. Using the stories she was told in her childhood as a bridge to the past, Coberly uncovers facts about her family history from documents that have made their way from one generation to another and the truth from the inherent understanding she has of these people who are so close to her. But Sarah’s Girls is not about the author; it is about the people and a place she loves. It is fiction written to tell the deeper truth about the hold West Virginia—its mountains and its valleys—has on its people.
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Customer Reviews
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Would make an enduringly popular addition
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-02-03
"Sarah's Girls: A Chronicle Of Big Ugly Creek" is a fictionalized story based on the author's family who lived in a remote Appalachian community at the turn of the last century. This is a compelling account of ordinary lives, dreams and hardships endured over the years and decades of the 20th century by Madge, Pearl, Ida, and Edna who were the daughters of Sarah and Philip Hager, and who are cared for after their mother's death by their Aunt Lena. More than a 'coming of age' tale, "Sarah's Girls" evokes lives lived in a yesteryear community and although a work of fiction, is one of those compelling and superbly crafted novels that reveals deeper truths about the human condition than most biographies. Also available in a hardcover edition, "Sarah's Girls" is highly recommended reading and would make an enduringly popular addition to community library American fiction collections.
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