In the mountains of America

A gallery of original characters parades through this collection of stories on the people of Appalachia. In Family Knots, a woman kills a spider out of jealousy for the pattern of his web, Evenings with Dotson is a hymn to tolerance--despite opposing views on race and the Vietnam War, a boy and a girl stay friends--and To Speak Well of the Dead is on what happens when you don't. By the author of Only Great Changes.