Family of Earth
A Southern Mountain Childhood
By Wilma Dykeman
Foreword by Robert Morgan
208 pp., 5.5 x 8.5, 6 halftones
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-2914-8
Published: September 2016 -
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4696-3054-0
Published: September 2016 -
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4696-2915-5
Published: September 2016 -
E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-5043-0
Published: September 2016
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Awards & distinctions
Finalist, 2016 Weatherford Award for Nonfiction, Berea College and Appalachian Studies Association
Featuring a new foreword by fellow North Carolinian Robert Morgan, Family of Earth stands as a new major literary work by a groundbreaking author.
About the Author
Wilma Dykeman (1920-2006) was a novelist, historian, journalist, educator, speaker, and environmentalist who pioneered in the areas of water pollution, civil rights, oral history, Appalachian Studies, and the empowerment of women.
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Reviews
“A haunting and exquisite book, not to mention a rare exception to the rule that no one so young should write a memoir. Even without much life experience, Dykeman has a great deal to say about life.”—New York Times Book Review
“A captivating, poetic, difficult-to-categorize book that abundantly showcases the author’s talent for making words dance. Anyone who has lived in the countryside, or wished they had, will enjoy Dykeman’s celebration of nature.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Explores the bonds of family, and a child's place in this great big world. . . . An ode to the captivating rhythms of nature."—Our State
“We are fortunate to have this remarkable beginning to a distinguished literary career, and an endearing addition to an ever-growing array of richly revealing Appalachian life stories.—Appalachian Journal
“The writing is pungent, earthy and raw yet at the same time elegant. . . . A quick read that will leave you wishing Dykeman had written more.”—Carolina Mountain Life
“A gift to lovers of Appalachian lore.”—Wilmington Star-News