west virginia

A girl describes her family's annual visit with Mamaw and Papaw in West Virginia, then Abuela and Abuelo in Florida, especially the foods and cultural elements that make each kitchen unique.

"In the early evening of June 25, 1980 in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, two middle-class outsiders named Vicki Durian, 26, and Nancy Santomero, 19, were murdered in an isolated clearing. They were hitchhiking to a festival known as the Rainbow Gathering but never arrived; they travelled with a third woman however, who lived. For thirteen years, no one was prosecuted for the "Rainbow Murders," though deep suspicion was cast on a succession of local residents in the community, depicted as poor, dangerous, and backward. In 1993, a local farmer was convicted, only to be released when a known serial killer and diagnosed schizophrenic named Joseph Paul Franklin claimed responsibility. With the passage of time, as the truth seemed to slip away, the investigation itself caused its own traumas--turning neighbor against neighbour and confirming a fear of the violence outsiders have done to this region for centuries"--Provided by publisher.

"[Presents] the story of a pharmacy in Kermit, West Virginia, that distributed nearly nine million opioid pain pills in two years to a town with 382 people -- and of one woman desperate for justice after losing her brother to an overdose"--Jacket flap.

A family memoir in which author Mary Lee Settle reflects upon the life of her grandmother Addie, and discusses how the choices and circumstances of her ancestors affected her own life.

Ten years after leaving her hometown to escape a serial killer, Sasha Keaton returns to help run her family's inn, but when women start disappearing and disturbing calling cards are left for Sasha, FBI agent Cole Landis steps in to protect her.

The author investigates the murders of two women in the Appalachia Mountains in West Virginia while they were on their way to a Rainbow Gathering.

In the poverty of the Appalachian coal country in 1908, eight-year-old Minna's life gets even more difficult after her father dies of black lung, and that winter she cannot go to school because she does not have a coat--until the quilting mothers make her a coat using pieces of cloth from their own lives, each with a special story behind it.

A child-friendly story about the trials and triumphs of starting over in a new place while keeping family and traditions close.

Sixth-grader Marty and his family try to help their rough neighbor, Judd Travers, change his mean ways, even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst of him.