Category Archives: Stern, Peggy Poe
Peggy Poe Stern. Tamarack. Boone, NC: Moody Valley, 2003.
Peggy Poe Stern writes tales of mountain people who live hard lives. In Tamarack, the Dyke-Press family of Hemlock Ridge, North Carolina, is described. Alcoholism, poverty, incest, and untreated mental illness are miseries that have followed family members for three … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2003, Mountains, Stern, Peggy Poe, Watauga
Peggy Poe Stern. Heaven-high and Hell-deep. Boone, NC: Moody Valley, 2003.
Mountain women are often noted for being strong-willed and independent. This is true of Elaine “Laine” Elder. The Appalachian teenager had already lived a difficult life before Rafford “Rafe” Johnson came into the picture. Treated like a modern-day Cinderella by … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2003, Avery, Historical, Mountains, Stern, Peggy Poe
