GodPretty in the tobacco field / Kim Michele Richardson.
Nameless, Kentucky, in 1969 is a hardscrabble community where jobs are few and poverty is a simple fact - just like the hot Appalachian breeze or the pests that can destroy a tobacco field. RubyLyn Bishop is luckier than some. Her God-fearing uncle, Gunnar, has a short fuse and high expectations, but he's given her a good home ever since she was orphaned at the age of five. Yet now a month shy of her 16th birthday, RubyLyn itches for more. Maybe it's something to do with the paper fortunetellers RubyLyn has been making for townsfolk, each covered with beautifully wrought, prophetic drawings. Or perhaps it's because of Rainey Ford, her black neighbour who works alongside her in the tobacco field and with whom she has a kinship - despite the disapproval of others. RubyLyn's predictions are just wishful thinking, not magic at all, but through them she's imagining life as it could be, away from the prejudice and hardship that ripple through Nameless.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781432887575 (large print ; paperback)
- ISBN: 1432887572 (large print ; paperback)
- Physical Description: 463 pages (large print) : map ; 22 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2016
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General Note: | "The text of this Large Print edition is unabridged."--Title page verso. |
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Subject: | Teenage girls > Fiction. Tobacco farms > Fiction. Appalachians (People) > Fiction. Cootie catchers > Fiction. Mountain life > Fiction. Kentucky > Race relations > Fiction. Kentucky > History > 1865- > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Large print books. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | LTK RICHA K (Text) | 33126024837563 | Large Print Fiction | Available | - |