Book description
Dora Minor, a quirky and fiercely courageous girl, grows up in a remote Virginia mountain community in a family of outliers, thanks to their Quaker beliefs that all people are born equal. After her mother's death, her indomitable, pipe-smoking grandmother Alma - a revolutionary in her own right - becomes…
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Abigail Cutter’s new novel “What the Trees Remember” is very much in the vein of one of my favorite Southern novels, Charles Frazier’s “Cold Mountain.” Cutter’s deep love and appreciation for the mountains in eastern Virginia shines through, as does her knowledge of the flora and fauna of this region. She chronicles post-Civil War history in Virginia, as well as the impact of Hurricane Camile in 1969, with an authoritative voice.
“What the Trees Remember” is the story of a Quaker family who believes all people are created equal and deserve respect and an education, contrary to the beliefs…
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