Small town girls : a writer's memoir /

"Appalachia--a distinctly American landscape, dense with forests and small churches, rich in history and misunderstandings-has been the great setting for Jayne Anne Phillips's work. She grew up in the small town of Buckhannon, West Virginia and has always kept it close, even as she and her...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Phillips, Jayne Anne, 1952- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026.
Edition:	First hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Phillips, Jayne Anne, > 1952- Women authors, American. Women authors > Biography. Families. Mothers and daughters. Small cities. West Virginia. Phillips, Jayne Anne, > 1952- > Biography. Women authors, American > Biography. Écrivaines > Biographies. Familles. Mères et filles. Petites villes. Virginie-Occidentale. towns. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. Autobiographies. Biographies.

Table of Contents:

Hometown
Report of the spies
Shop talk
Burning The trees
Paradise lost : West Virginia
Lovelorn labors: the Hatfields and McCoys
A small history
Real people
Never just dogs
Big valley
Jean Shrimpton in Penzance
Home after dark
On not having a daughter
Callie
Stevie
The widow speaks
Taking care
Road trip: the real thing
Rayme
Breece
Outlaw heart
Premature burial.