The Blue Valley

THE REMARKABLE DEBUT SHORT-STORY COLLECTION FROM THE HIGHLY ESTEEMED POET AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GAP CREEKFrom Civil War prison camps to contemporary trailer parks, these thirteen memorable tales of life in the Southern Appalachians come alive with an array of intriguing characters -- male and female, young and elderly, learned and unlearned. The separate passions and dreams of these individuals mirror the larger cultural and historical dramas of American life, revealing the strengthening and loosening of the strong bonds of families over generations.