Lucinda Mae lives with her family and their homestead animals in Painter Creek Hollow, a secluded nook of the Blue Ridge Escarpment in upstate South Carolina that people call the Gorges. The story explores the lifeways of rural mountain families who remain tied to traditional ways of living, such as raising hogs, poultry, hunting squirrels, and using local plants for medicine, among others. The winter holiday season, the warming earth, and the ways misunderstanding and prejudice can harm relationships between friends and between generations are also themes in the novel.
- ISBN10 1950584046
- ISBN13 9781950584048
- Publish Date 30 April 2023
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Green Writers Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 240
- Language English