{"product_id":"running-on-red-dog-road-drema-hall-berkheimer-9780310344964","title":"Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Mining companies piled trash coal in a slag heap and set it ablaze. The coal burned up, but the slate didn't. The heat turned it rose and orange and lavender. The dirt road I lived on was paved with that sharp-edged rock. We called it red dog. Grandma told me, Don't you go running on that red dog road. But I do.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGypsies, faith-healers, moonshiners, and snake handlers weave through Drema's childhood in 1940s Appalachia after her father is killed in the coal mines, her mother goes off to work as a Rosie the Riveter, and she is left in the care of devout Pentecostal grandparents. What follows is a spitfire of a memoir that reads like a novel with intrigue, sweeping emotion, and indisputable charm. Drema's coming of age is colored by tent revivals with Grandpa, poetry-writing hobos, and traveling carnivals, and through it all, she serves witness to a multi-generational family of saints and sinners whose lives defy the stereotypes. Just as she defies her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRunning On Red Dog Road\u003c\/em\u003e is proof that truth is stranger than fiction, especially when it comes to life and faith in an Appalachian childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Drema Hall Berkheimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0310344964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780310344964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zondervan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCBA Retailers\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2016 pg. 48","brand":"Drema Hall Berkheimer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045139083519,"sku":"9780310344964","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_53726e02-ba8a-42c6-9763-8c55322737b1.jpg?v=1684976963","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/running-on-red-dog-road-drema-hall-berkheimer-9780310344964","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}