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Author:

Blaylock, Bonnie, author.

Title:

Light to the hills / Bonnie Blaylock. Bonnie Blaylock.

Publisher:

Lake Union Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

254 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Widows--Fiction.
Single mothers--Fiction.
Packhorse librarians--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
Mountain life--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Appalachian Mountains--Fiction.
Kentucky--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.

Notes:

Includes book group questions. Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"The folks in the Kentucky Appalachians are scraping by. Coal mining and hardscrabble know-how are a way of life for these isolated people. But when Amanda Rye, a young widowed mother and traveling packhorse librarian, comes through a mountain community hit hard by the nation's economic collapse, she brings with her hope, courage, and apple pie. Along the way, Amanda takes a shine to the MacInteer family, especially to the gentle Rai; her quick-study daughter, Sass; and Finn, the eldest son who's easy towarm to. They remind Amanda of her childhood and her parents with whom she longs to be reconciled. Her connection with the MacInteers deepens, and Amanda shares with them a dangerous secret from her past. When that secret catches up with Amanda in the present, she, Rai, Sass, and Finn find their lives intersecting-and threatened-in the most unexpected ways. Now they must come together as the truth lights a path toward survival, mountain justice, forgiveness, and hope"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1542039924 : PAP
9781542039925 : PAP

LCCN:

bl2022036860

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

ZYPE837 -- Harlan Community Library (Harlan)

ZXPC675 -- Fisher-Whiting Memorial Library (Mapleton)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

KTPC296 -- Mediapolis Public Library (Mediapolis)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

W7PA017 -- Public Resource Technology Center (Orient Public Lib) (Orient)

SZPC124 -- Kothe Memorial Library (Parkersburg)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

TXPC862 -- Traer Public Library (Traer)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)