- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.; Reissue edition (Aug 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345410319
- ISBN-13: 978-0345410313
- Product Dimensions: 13.8 x 1.7 x 20.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,611,110 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Crystal Spangler lives in rural Appalachia. She's the apple of her mother's eye -- not yet beautiful, but she will be. She's the most popular girl at Black Rock High. She makes cheerleader, gets good grades, and is elected beauty queen. Crystal discovers God, goes to college, and falls in love. When she comes home, she's disheveled and confused. Crystal becomes a wealthy politician's wife. But there's something calling her, drawing her back to where it all began, in the shadow of Black Mountain . . .
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NOW THE LIGHTNING BUGS COME UP FROM THE MOSSY GROUND along the river bank, first one, then two together, more, hesitant at first, from the darkness gathered there already in the brush beneath the trees. Read the first page
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NOW THE LIGHTNING BUGS COME UP FROM THE MOSSY GROUND along the river bank, first one, then two together, more, hesitant at first, from the darkness gathered there already in the brush beneath the trees. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Smith... how I love her engaging writing style; her prose embraces me. While this author has the ability to verbally paint her characters as well as their environments, the tragic endings leave me feeling depressed and lonely. I have read only two of Smith's novels, Black Mountain Breakdown and Saving Grace, and both of these fit this description. I am afraid to read more! Does her literature ever have a less tragic ending?
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I am from Richlands, VA, the little town neighboring Lee Smith's hometown of Grundy. This was the first book that I read of Lee's, and it inspired me to read the others. They are all wonderful books. It seems like I can actually hear the voices of her characters coming right off the pages at me. I guess it's just because I've actually known people like them. The Appalachian dialect and culture are captured simply, yet eloquently, the way they should be. I am a writer of Southern-Appalachian fiction myself, not published yet, but I hope to eventually. Lee Smith has been a real inspiration for me to continue my own works. I reccomend this book or any of her others to anyone, not just the ones who hail from a rural background. They're sure to give a greater appreciation of Appalachian people and culture, and maybe even ourselves. Thanks very much.
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I cannot begin to describe what a powerful and touching book this is. Lee Smith tapped into memories of my childhood in Dickenson County, Virginia with uncanny insight. Anyone rooted in this area should run to get this book. Anyone who wants to know anything about mountain life should run to get this book. Lee Smith is truly a diamond out of the coal county. Read with with Ralph Stanley on the CD. This may give you a brief glimpse of what heaven should be like.
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