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Author:

Richardson, Kim Michele, author.

Title:

GodPretty in the tobacco field / Kim Michele Richardson.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, a Cengage Company,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

463 pages (large print) ; 23 cm

Subject:

Appalachians (People)--Fiction.
Young women--Fiction.
Cootie catchers--Fiction.
Tobacco farms--Fiction.
Mountain life--Fiction.
Kentucky--Fiction.
Kentucky--Race relations--Fiction.
Large type books.
Historical fiction.

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 destroy a tobacco field. 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 16th birthday, RubyLyn itches for more. Maybe it's something to do with the paper fortunetellers RubyLyn has been making for townsfolk, each covered with beautifully wrought, prophetic drawings. Or perhaps it's because of Rainey Ford, her black neighbour who works alongside her in the tobacco field and with whom she has a kinship - despite the disapproval of others. RubyLyn's predictions are just wishful thinking, not magic at all, but through them she's imagining life as it could be, away from the prejudice and hardship that ripple through Nameless.

ISBN:

1432887572
9781432887575

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1252545681

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

YLPC314 -- Cascade Public Library (Cascade)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

RUPC135 -- Manson Public Library (Manson)

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)