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SUMMARY:Author Pamela Steele at Booktenders
LOCATION:Booktenders\, 621 Central Ave\, Barboursville\, WV\, 25504\, Unit
 ed States\, Huntington\, WV
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our second author in the Voices of Appalachian Wom
 en series with Pamela Steele! The book is including in the price of the ti
 cket. If you’ve already purchased the book then that is your ticket.\n\n
 For enjoyers of Jeannette Walls and Barbara Kingsolver\, a young couple is
  torn apart by both global conflict and their families’ ancient feud in 
 this love story set in rural Appalachia during the Vietnam War.\nIn late 1
 960s Appalachia\, many things loom darkly over June Branham: the Vietnam W
 ar is dividing the country\, and a strip mine is eating away the mountain 
 at the head of the holler where she lives\, threatening the natural landsc
 ape and the only way of life she has ever known. While still in high schoo
 l\, June has fallen in love. She is pregnant\, and the father may be Ellis
  Akers. Ellis is the son of Solomon\, a mortal enemy of June’s stepfathe
 r\, Isom. The feud is so old it fuels two vengeful men with the power of l
 ong animosity between rival families.\nJune’s brother\, Tom\, leaves to 
 enlist in the war\, and so does Ellis. Suddenly\, June is on her own at si
 xteen with a newborn\, and is a mother unable to protect her daughter from
  the wrath of Isom. Without warning\, her baby is kidnapped. Guided by her
  love for the generations of women before her\, but now desperately alone\
 , June must carefully navigate the search for her child alongside family a
 nd strangers in a wild and disappearing landscape.\nIn the Fields of the F
 atherless Children is a powerful story of love and perseverance\, masterfu
 lly told by a writer of exquisite care who knows intimately the rural peop
 le of this time and place.
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