In the fields of fatherless children : a novel / Pamela Steele.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steele, Pamela, 1957- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kidnapping--Fiction.

Kidnapping.

Mines and mineral resources--Fiction.

Mines and mineral resources.

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Mountain life--Fiction.

Mountain life.

Appalachians (People)--Fiction.

Appalachians (People).

Race relations--Fiction.

Race relations.

Rape victims--Fiction.

Rape victims.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Fiction.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

West Virginia--Fiction.

West Virginia.

Genre:

Domestic fiction.

Historical fiction.

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

321 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Counterpoint edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, California : Counterpoint, 2026.

Summary:

"In late 1960s Appalachia, many things loom darkly over June Branham: the Vietnam War is dividing the country, and a strip mine is eating away the mountain at the head of the holler where she lives, threatening the natural landscape and the only way of life she has ever known. While still in high school, June has fallen in love. She is pregnant, and the father may be Ellis Akers. Ellis is the son of Solomon, a mortal enemy of June's stepfather, Isom. The feud is so old it fuels two vengeful men with the power of long animosity between rival families. June's brother, Tom, leaves to enlist in the war, and so does Ellis. Suddenly, June is on her own, at sixteen with a newborn, and is a mother unable to protect her daughter from the wrath of Isom. Without warning, her baby is kidnapped. Guided by her love for the generations of women before her, but now desperately alone, June must carefully navigate the search for her child alongside family and strangers in a wild and disappearing landscape"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781640097605

1640097600

OCLC:

1525977648