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GodPretty in the Tobacco Field

Narrated by:
Katie Schorr

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
7
Narrator
5
Release Date
April 26, 2016
Duration
8 hours 12 minutes
Summary
Atmospheric and searingly honest, GodPretty in the Tobacco Field is Coal Miner’s Daughter meets Winter’s Bone in a gripping tale of tender love and loss

Nameless, Kentucky, in 1969 is a hardscrabble community where jobs are few and poverty is a simple fact—just like the hot Appalachian breeze or the pests that can wipe out a tobacco field in days. RubyLyn Bishop is luckier than some. Her God-fearing uncle, Gunnar, has a short fuse and high expectations, but he’s given her a good home ever since she was orphaned at the age of five. Yet now, a month shy of her sixteenth birthday, RubyLyn itches for more.

Maybe it’s something to do with the paper fortune-tellers RubyLyn has been making for townsfolk, each covered with beautifully wrought, prophetic drawings. Or perhaps it’s because of Rainey Ford, an African American neighbor who works alongside her in the tobacco field, and with whom she has a kinship, despite her uncle’s worrisome shadow and the town’s disapproval. RubyLyn’s predictions are just wishful thinking, not magic at all, but through them she’s imagining life as it could be, away from the prejudice and hardship that ripple through Nameless.
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Maryam P.

I am very disappointed. This story was filled with sadness, broken dreams, and squashed hopes. And even then it would have been okay, if there was some sort of redemption at the end. Why would there be a story where love fails, dreams are shattered, and there’s no light at the end of the tunnel? We read novels because it gives us the sense that yes, life may be filled with so many trials but there’s hope! There’s always hope. It was an absolute waste of time. The narration was fantastic though.

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Anonymous

A definite "page turner". Warning: Contains extreme religious practices (snake handling, "beating out sin", etc), and has sexual descriptions and actions of a non-consensual nature.

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