Tag Archives: Mill towns
Jack Riggs. When the Finch Rises. New York: Ballantine, 2003.
The narrator of this novel, twelve-year-old Raybert Williams Jr., lives in Ellenton, a fictional North Carolina mill town in 1968. Raybert’s mother and father, each with deep problems of their own, teeter between responsible parenting and neglect, while Raybert’s best … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2003, Novels Set in Fictional Places, Riggs, Jack
Doug Marlette. The Bridge. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.
Pick Cantrell, a successful but controversial editorial cartoonist, has just moved from New York to his hometown in North Carolina. In the course of adjusting to his new life, Cantrell learns about his family’s connections to area’s rich textile history, … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2001, Marlette, Doug, Novels Set in Fictional Places, Orange, Piedmont
Toni L.P. Kelner. The Laura Fleming Mysteries.
Down Home Murder. New York: Kensington, 1993. Dead Ringer. New York: Kensington, 1994. Trouble Looking for a Place to Happen. New York: Kensington, 1995. Country Comes to Town. New York: Kensington, 1996. Tight as a Tick. New York: Kensington, 1998. … Continue reading
Pamela Duncan. Plant Life. New York: Delacorte Press, 2003.
This novel is largely the story of a group of women who work in the textile mill in the fictional Piedmont town of Russell, N.C. The town and its residents are seen through the fresh perspective of newly divorced Laurel … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2003, Duncan, Pamela, Novels Set in Fictional Places, Piedmont
