The saints of Swallow Hill

Title The saints of Swallow Hill
Names Everhart, Donna.
Book Number DB109357
Title Status Active
Medium Digital Books
Download Link Downloadable talking book.
Annotation "During the Great Depression, labor camps crop up in remote areas throughout the American South. Destitute workers live under terrible conditions. Trapped in these isolated locations, workers are entirely dependent on the often greedy, abusive camp owners who provide food and housing at grossly inflated prices. But for the most desperate among America's vast unemployed, these camps are often the last and only option. This much is true for three individuals whose lives intersect in the deep woods of Georgia at the Swallow Hill turpentine camp in 1932. For Rae Lynn Cobb, a young woman disguised as a man, Swallow Hill offers distance and anonymity from those who would wrongly imprison her for killing her husband. For a charming bachelor named Del Reese, it's a place where backbreaking work might drown out memories of a recent trauma. But Swallow Hill is no easy haven. The camp is ruled by a sadistic boss named Crow and the greedy commissary owner Otis Riddle, a man who takes out his frustrations on his wife, Cornelia. Del and "Ray Cobb" are tested as they struggle to survive harsh, brutal conditions. As Rae Lynn forges a deeper friendship with Del and Cornelia, she begins to envision a path out of the camp. But she will have to come to terms with her past before she can open herself to a new life and seize the chance to begin again...." -- Provided by publisher. -- Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
Narrator Bentley, Amy Melissa.
Local Subject Historical Fiction - HIF
Historical Fiction - 20th Century - HIT
Historical Fiction-20th Cent-American - HITA
Southern Interest - SOU
Southern Fiction - SOF
Female Narrator - FN
Exclusion - Long Book - LO
Current Talking Book Topics - TBT
LC Subject Depressions - 1929 - Georgia - Fiction
Labor camps - Georgia - History - 20th century - Fiction
Georgia - Social conditions - 20th century - Fiction
Fiction
Historical fiction
Call Number 813.6 AFI
Language English
Original Publication Reissue of: 2022 2022 9781666186338
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