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Whispers From The Ashes (2010)

by Patricia Hester(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0011925051 (ISBN13: 2940011925054)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Patricia Wiggins

review 1: I really enjoyed this book. It is very well written and the author does an amazing job at keeping you very interested in every-day real-life scenarios that the family in the story experiences. They live in a poor, small town in Pennsylvania, that is greatly affected by the mining operations there. There's conflict between the big business coal miners, the government, and the poor every-day worker. The family that the story centers around is full of interesting people - a hard-working mother, an alcoholic father, teenage children, a vampy aunt, and a whole bunch of crazy to keep track of grandmothers, cousins, etc. The author doesn't elevate or demonize the characters - they are just people and they are real. The main character, Molly, is a wonderful character - I rea... morelly liked her! As the story develops, Molly becomes interested in her family history, and uncovers family "skeletons in the closet" that most feel are best left deeply buried. There are swear words and sexual situations (not many) that occur in this book, but they are not there to shock or titillate. I feel that the author is very careful in the way she uses them to develop the reality of the situations in the book. I was not offended by reading them, but if you're really sensitive to those types of things, this may not be something you'd enjoy reading.
review 2: So this was a free read from Amazon prime for Kindle. I love YA literature and this was not a disappointment! A story set in a small coal mining community in rural PA in the 1950s. Could have very easily taken place across the boarder on some of our close VA coal mining communities. The author (and I believe this was a debut novel for her??) carefully weaves together the story of one family who has lived, worked and died in the house for three generations. The families cherished home is threatened by an underground mine fire that has been smoldering for many years. It is also a coming-of-age story of Molly who faces struggles with growing up in rural poverty. Molly discovers a diary hidden purposefully in a vent in the front room of the house. As she tried to piece together the events detailed in the diary, she uncovers secrets her family has tried to keep covered. less

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