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The Handywoman Stories
Contributor(s): Coberly, Lenore McComas (Author)
ISBN: 0804010447     ISBN-13: 9780804010443
Publisher: Swallow Press
OUR PRICE:   $44.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2002
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single Author)
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2001055126
Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.64" W x 8.5" (0.69 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Appalachians
 
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Publisher Description:
Sometimes it's possible to pick up a book and hear the words being spoken by the characters as if you were sitting across the table from them. This is the sensation you'll have as you read through The Handywoman Stories by Lenore McComas Coberly.

Whether the story describes the civil defense preparations of a small West Virginia town in World War II, the same town years later dealing with an influx of hippies, or the return of a woman to her roots after decades up north, the voices are convincing and true. "I nearly got kicked in the head by a cow before I learned that if you use your full strength pulling milk, you won't get much milk," says one. "To see Zevelda the way she was that Sunday is, well, not something you're very likely to see," says another.

The Handywoman Stories themselves are driven by characters shaped by the place they have lived most all of their lives. They deal with economic depression, mine and war deaths, the arrogance of community leaders, and what might have been, but was not, a stultifying environment. Their tools are astonishing resourcefulness, steadfast friendship, and always humor.

Lenore McComas Coberly has woven together a bittersweet community of strong Appalachian women and men in this remarkable collection. Moving and joyful, these stories are made from the stuff of life.