“Arty's voice rings as clear as the clean mountain air as she tells the story of her life and her nephew Larkin Stanton in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina in the mid 1800s. Arty's aunt dies in childbirth and at the tender age of 8 years old, she becomes the nearest thing to a mother Larkin will ever know. Through family celebrations and deaths and with the Civil War as a backdrop, Arty's life unfolds as one of deep sorrow and simple joys. The first line in the book will hook you:...”

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