{"product_id":"the-holler-keeps-its-own-hettie-branham-9798198697249","title":"The Holler Keeps Its Own: A Novella of Appalachian Folk Horror","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleven years gone from Mountain Run, and Sissy Branham comes back to bury her grandmother's quiet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lawyer's letter said \u003ci\u003eunoccupied\u003c\/i\u003e. The lawyer was wrong. The spring house door is split from the inside. A knot of faded red yarn hangs on the latch where no yarn should be. And at night, from somewhere down in the cold dark where the water comes up through the rocks, a man hums a tune Granny Vesta only ever hummed when she thought no one was listening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOld Pearl Trivett knows what Sissy is just beginning to understand. The Branham women have been keeping something in this holler since 1862. Vesta tried to break the bargain her great-great-grandmother made in that starving winter - and the holler took her down for trying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSissy has seven days to decide. Renew, and stay. Break, and pay. Run, and the road bends three times and brings her home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA novella of Appalachian folk horror, hereditary debt, and the patience of old things. Book 1 of The Mountain Run Cycle.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hettie Branham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798198697249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Hettie Branham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801580679423,"sku":"9798198697249","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-holler-keeps-its-own-hettie-branham-9798198697249","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}