Shady Grove

Broke Neck Kentucky lies deep in Appalachia. Its people are descendents ofthe men and women who settled the country in Revolutionary War times and theirways hav... » 

Broke Neck Kentucky lies deep in Appalachia. Its people are descendents ofthe men and women who settled the country in Revolutionary War times and theirways have not changed much in the past two hundred years. Shady Grovechronicles the riotous adventures and misadventures of Broke Necks Fowlerclan among them Frony the feisty and articulate widow who narrates the taleand Sudley a farmer whose hound dogs tree a visiting preacher.Janice Holt Giles a transplant to Appalachia shows us the regions characterthrough the story of a people who dont like to walk proud but will alwaysstand by their own. Shady Grove her last book of fiction about her adoptedKentucky homeland is engaging not only as a cultural document but also as anovel that makes us laugh and touches our hearts.Long out of print Shady Grove is available again for new and veteran readersof Janice Holt Giles. «