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Black Mountain Breakdown

Black Mountain Breakdown Paperback - 2012

by Smith, Lee

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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...

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  • Title Black Mountain Breakdown
  • Author Smith, Lee
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Acceptable
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley
  • Date 2012
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0425243389I5N00
  • ISBN 9780425243381 / 0425243389
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.9 in (19.56 x 12.95 x 2.29 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Demographic Orientation: Small Town
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Fathers - Death
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.54

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Summary

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...

From the publisher

Lee Smith is the author of The Last Girls, Oral History, Fair and Tender Ladies, and other novels, and a recent story collection, Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger. She has won the O. Henry Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Fiction, the North Carolina Award for Literature, and the Southern Book Critics Circle Award.

Media reviews

"Black Mountain Breakdown is like a country song. It is true and real; it is loving and sad."

About the author

Lee Smith was born in Grundy, VA. She is author of many novels, including the New York Times bestseller The Last Girls, and most recently Guests On Earth. She is a recipient of the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the North Carolina Award for Literature, and a Southern Book Critics Circle Award.

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