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The ballad of Laurel Springs / Janet Beard.

Beard, Janet, (author.).

Summary:

"A provocative new novel by the nationally bestselling author of THE ATOMIC CITY GIRLS, about nine generations of one family in Eastern Tennessee whose women, in eerie echoes of the notorious Appalachian murder ballads made famous by singers, over more than a century, have been traumatized by acts of violence"-- Provided by publisher.
Ten-year-old Grace is in search of a subject for her fifth-grade history project when she learns that her four times-great grandfather once stabbed his lover to death. His grisly act was memorialised in a murder ballad, her aunt tells her, so it must be true. Her family's tangled past is part of a dark legacy in which the lives of generations of women are affected by the violence immortalised in folksongs like 'Knoxville Girl' and 'Pretty Polly' reminding them always to know their place-- or risk the wages of sin. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982151560
  • ISBN: 1982151560
  • ISBN: 9781982151577
  • ISBN: 1982151579
  • Physical Description: viii, 273 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Gallery Book edition
  • Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2021.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Pretty Polly: Grace, 2019 -- The wife of Usher's Well: Pearl (Grace's great-great-great-great-grandmother), 1907-1908 -- The wayfaring stranger: Miriam (Pearl's daughter-in-law), 1925 -- Careless love blues: Frieda (Miriam's "stepdaughter"), 1937 -- Devil's dream: Polly (Frieda's half-sister) 1942-1962 -- Little sparrow: Sarah (Polly's daughter), 1974-1975 -- The Knoxville girl: Carrie (Sarah's daughter), 1985-1993 -- Power in the blood: Lydia (Carrie's "goddaughter"), 2011-2013 -- Pretty Polly (reprise): Polly (Lydia's great-great-great-great-aunt), 1891.
Subject: Family secrets > Fiction.
Murder > Fiction.
Women > Violence against > United States > Fiction.
Ballads > Fiction.
Women.
Womyn.
Tennessee, East > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)

Available copies

  • 51 of 52 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Sneads Ferry Branch Library FIC BEARD (Text) 36015001887567 Adult Fiction Checked out 05/07/2025
Alleghany Public Library F BEARD (Text) 30664100331567 Adult Fiction Available -
Beaufort Main F BEARD (Text) 34208900093831 Adult Fiction Available -
Black Mountain Library F BEA (Text) 0020513064822 Adult Fiction Available -
Bogue Banks F BEARD (Text) 34208900093864 Adult Fiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library FIC Beard (Text) 37807000032224 Adult Fiction Available -
Cleveland County Main Library F BEARD (Text) 22281500149322 Adult Fiction Available -
Columbus Library F BEA (Text) 31250200080581 Adult Fiction Available -
Cumberland Headquarters F BEARD (Text) 31781065858159 Adult Fiction Available -
Denton Public Library F BEA (Text) 25908007797132 Adult Fiction Available -

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