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Black Mountain Breakdown
- Author
- Lee Smith
- Narrator
- Linda Stephens
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 16 January 2008
- Run Time
- 9 hours 37 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Girls presents one of her most compelling novels, acclaimed by Anne Tyler, Annie Dillard, and more …
Everywhere about her, from the traffic on Highway 460 to the river that’s gone black with coal dust, Crystal Spangler sees a current flowing from the mountain town of Black Rock into the wider world. As a teenager, she is elected beauty queen, gets good grades, and—despite her many enviable qualities—manages also to be well-loved. Everyone knows that she is destined to leave town and do great things.
And she does.
But no one expects her return; drawn back home by some sort of memory, as if the current that had taken her away had changed its mind …
"Black Mountain Breakdown is like a country song. It is true and real; it is loving and sad."—Annie Dillard
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Details
- Author
- Lee Smith
- Narrator
- Linda Stephens
- Duration
- 9 hours 37 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 January 2008
- ISBN
- 9781440799846
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Family life fiction, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Girls presents one of her most compelling novels, acclaimed by Anne Tyler, Annie Dillard, and more … Everywhere about her, from the traffic on Highway 460 to the river that’s gone black with coal dust, Crystal Spangler sees a current flowing from the mountain town of Black Rock into the wider world. As a teenager, she is elected beauty queen, gets good grades, and—despite her many enviable qualities—manages also to be well-loved. Everyone knows that she is destined to leave town and do great things. And she does. But no one expects her return; drawn back home by some sort of memory, as if the current that had taken her away had changed its mind … "Black Mountain Breakdown is like a country song. It is true and real; it is loving and sad."—Annie Dillard
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