Family of Earth: A Southern Mountain Childhood (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781469629148)

Discovered as a typewritten manuscript only after her death in 2006, Family of Earth allows us to see into the young mind of author and Appalachian native Wilma Dykeman (1920-2006), who would become one of the American South's most prolific and storied writers. Focusing on her childhood in Buncombe County, Dykeman reveals a perceptive and sophisticated understanding of human nature, the environment, and social justice. And yet, for her words' remarkable polish, her voice still resonates as raw and vital. Against the backdrop of early twentieth-century life in Asheville, she chronicles the touching, at times harrowing, story of her family's fortunes, plotting their rise and fall in uncertain economic times and ending with her father's sudden death in 1934 when she was fourteen years old.

Featuring a new foreword by fellow North Carolinian Robert Morgan, Family of Earth stands as a new major literary work by a groundbreaking author.

Author: Wilma Dykeman
ISBN-10: 1469629143
ISBN-13: 9781469629148
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2016
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.51w x 0.53d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2016 pg. 52
Library Journal 09/01/2016 pg. 104