Black Bear Creek : stories / Joshua Cross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cross, Joshua, author.

Language:

English

Genre:

Short stories.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

130 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cape Girardeau, MO : Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Tucked away in a remote hollow of West Virgnia's Coal River Valley, lies the town of Black Bear Creek, well past its glory days, and ravaged by the mining industry on which its people depend. The characters in Joshua Cross's debut story collection struggle to survive against rampant poverty while their drinking water is poisoned and the mountains around them are stripped away. Spanning decades, these are stories of couples who marry too young because they have no other choice. Of life shattering injuries inflicted by the dangers of working in the mines. Of wounded men and women forced to be so hard they are frequently surprised by their own vulnerability. And despite the bleak backdrop of the only home many of these characters will ever know, these are stories about how they find ways to love and hope and fight"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Dessert In The Dinner Hole

Donation

Hell And High Water

Tribute

Those Girls

The Dog You Feed

The Mayor

River Like Iron And Mud

Augury.

ISBN:

9781733015318

1733015310

OCLC:

1195816577

Publisher Number:

99986945255