Laura Weddle

<p>A collection of closely related short stories in which the author creates a portrait of a rural Kentucky community largely seen through the eyes of female protagonists. Young old Black white tenant farmer landowner preacher teacher; the community's lives are woven together and their choices help determine each other's fates. This collection is set in the rural south in the mid-twentieth century and provides an interesting and immediate lens with which to view the loves tragedies and longings of the people who lived in that time and place from a very feminine perspective.</p><p><br></p>