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The ballad of Laurel Springs / Janet Beard.
"A provocative new novel by the nationally bestelling author of THE ATOMIC CITY GIRLS, about nine generations of one family in Eastern Tennessee whose women, in eerie echoes of the notorious Appalachian murder ballads made famous by singers, over more than a century, have been traumatized by acts of violence"-- Provided by publisher.
Ten-year-old Grace is in search of a subject for her fifth-grade history project when she learns that her four times-great grandfather once stabbed his lover to death. His grisly act was memorialised in a murder ballad, her aunt tells her, so it must be true. Her family's tangled past is part of a dark legacy in which the lives of generations of women are affected by the violence immortalised in folksongs like 'Knoxville Girl' and 'Pretty Polly' reminding them always to know their place-- or risk the wages of sin. -- adapted from jacket
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982151560
- Physical Description: viii, 273 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2021.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Pretty Polly: Grace, 2019 -- The wife of Usher's Well: Pearl (Grace's great-great-great-great-grandmother), 1907-1908 -- The wayfaring stranger: Miriam (Pearl's daughter-in-law), 1925 -- Careless love blues: Frieda (Miriam's "stepdaughter"), 1937 -- Devil's dream: Polly (Frieda's half-sister) 1942-1962 -- Little sparrow: Sarah (Polly's daughter), 1974-1975 -- The Knoxville girl: Carrie (Sarah's daughter), 1985-1993 -- Power in the blood: Lydia (Carrie's "goddaughter"), 2011-2013 -- Pretty Polly (reprise): Polly (Lydia's great-great-great-great-aunt), 1891. |
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| Subject: | Murder > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Ballads > Fiction. Women > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. Women > Violence against > United States > Fiction. Tennessee, East > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Suspense fiction. |
Available copies
- 24 of 24 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Abington Community Library | FICTION BEARD (Text) | 50687011749614 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albright Memorial Library | FICTION BEARD (Text) | 50686016107091 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Boone Area Library | BEA (Text) | 33249024508842 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Degenstein Community Library | FIC BEARD (Text) | 35031301183590 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| DuBois Public Library | FIC BEARD (Text) | 61000100067020 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library | Adults BEA Fiction (Text)
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Plated 2021: In Memory of Olive Mabel Johnson Dunnett
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| Hamburg Public Library | BEA (Text) | 33249023643731 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Indian Valley Public Library | Fiction Beard (Text) | 39427103622346 | Fiction Room: Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Joseph & Elizabeth Shaw Public Library | FIC BEARD (Text) | 39636100449988 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Juniata County Library | F BEA (Text) | 39640100622826 | JUNM Fiction | Available | - |
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