Tag Archives: Environmentalism
Anne V. Wigg. Filex 13. New York: Xlibris, 2007.
Tiffany Silver lives in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina with her husband Shadow and two young children. She has a happy existence running a small dress shop while Shadow works as an oceanographer, and they are surrounded by friends and family. … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2007, Coast, New Hanover, Wigg, Anne V.
Tamara Leigh. Restless in Carolina. Colorado Springs, CO: Multnomah, 2011.
Bridget Pickwick Buchanan, despite her large (and at times tiresome) family, the wealthy Pickwicks of Pickwick, North Carolina, has never felt more alone. The free-wheeling, avid environmental advocate, with her head full of dreadlocks and sarcastic attitude, finds herself struggling … Continue reading
Jeanne Webster. Strays. Fawnskin, CA: Personhood Press, 2011.
Jane is deeply unhappy. At 24, just starting out in life, she feels as though she has come to the end of the road. She lives with a smothering boyfriend in Atlanta, a city she dislikes, putting her dreams of … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Mountains, Religious/Inspirational, Webster, Jeanne
Susan Kelly. By Accident. New York: Pegasus Books, 2010.
Laura Lucas has experienced what might be the worst thing a person can experience–the death of a child. In this introspective novel, the reader follows Laura in her grief–numbly walking through her daily routines, feeling awkward at social events, observing … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Guilford, Kelly, Susan S., Piedmont
Margaret G. Cahill. Five Star Fraud.Morrisville, NC: Lulu.com, 2010.
Changing jobs and moving to a new city are big steps. Neil Launders is a cautious man, a scientist, so he didn’t move to Charlotte on a whim. Gordon Byrnes recruited Neil hard with the offer of a great salary … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Cahill, Margaret G., Mecklenburg, Piedmont
Rose Senehi. The Wind in the Woods. Vilas, NC: Canterbury House Publishing, 2010.
Jack “Tiger” Morrison is an honorable man. He has balanced the competing demands of family and his strong environmental creed. Together, he and his wife, Susan, created a family and started a successful camp for children in North Carolina’s Green … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Henderson, Mountains, Senehi, Rose, Suspense/Thriller
George Ivey. Up River: A Novel of Attempted Restoration. Indianapolis, IN: Dog Ear Publishing, 2009.
Moving to a new place, especially a small town, without knowing anyone is difficult. People look at you inquisitively, and most people know everything about you even before a formal introduction. In Walnut Falls, North Carolina, Peter Bailey finds this … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Ivey, George, Mountains, Novels Set in Fictional Places
Kenneth Butcher. The Middle of the Air. Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair, Publisher, 2009.
The Colebrook family is not your typical four-generation span of Hendersonville, NC residents. The patriarch, Pipo, is a talented but controversial painter. His son, Philip, has an active business account with a nuclear weapons facility, and Phillip’s wife Lilly heads … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Butcher, Kenneth, Henderson, Mountains
Wilma Dykeman. The Tall Woman. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962.
Wilma Dykeman tells the story of a tight-knit mountain family living in Appalachia as the Civil War ends and Reconstruction begins. Lydia McQueen moves to a mountain clearing when her husband, Mark, returns from fighting for the Union during the … Continue reading
Filed under 1960-1969, 1962, Dykeman, Wilma, Graham, Historical, Mountains
Joan Medlicott. The Gardens of Covington. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2001.
The “Ladies” have been living in Covington for just over a year and although they have settled into their home, they’re not so sure they are truly accepted by their neighbors. Each of the women faces her own trials, tribulations, … Continue reading
