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Sadie Blue has barely been married to Roy Tupkin for fifteen days when she realizes she has made a grave mistake by ignoring the warning about his dangerous drinking. In the rural mountain town of Baines Creek, North Carolina—a place steeped in moonshine culture and struggling with poverty—Sadie confronts the grim reality of a doomed marriage and a community suffocated by destructive habits. When a stranger arrives and unsettles the town’s equilibrium, Sadie begins to see that there may be more to life than remaining Roy’s wife. The story explores family life, country life, and the resilience of people in a North Carolina Appalachian setting.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Leah Weiss
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