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The Killing Ground: Book V of the Beulah Quintet (Beulah Quintet/Mary Lee
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The Killing Ground: Book V of the Beulah Quintet (Beulah Quintet/Mary Lee Settle, Bk 5) Trade trade - 1996

by Mary Lee Settle

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University of South Carolina Press, April 1996. Trade Trade. Very Good. Very Good Softcover. Light soiling and shelfwear to covers. Textblock mildly soiled. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.
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From the rear cover

With The Killing Ground Mary Lee Settle completes her grand design for The Beulah Quintet, an unforgettable generational saga about the roots of American culture, class, and identity and the meaning of freedom. The novel begins in 1978 with the return of Hannah McKarkle to her hometown of Canona, West Virginia, from which she set out nearly two decades before to remove the shroud of mystery surrounding her brother's death. In her attempt to understand his murder, Hannah pieces together a collective history of Canona and peels away the facades that mask its "best people". In addition to revealing the love affairs, hatreds, resentments, and hypocrisies of Canona's ruling class, she becomes acquainted with the community's unpretentious citizenry with whom her fate is equally tied. Hannah's quest reveals a heritage that extends back to Johnny Church of Prisons, bringing the story of The Beulah Quintet full circle and yielding a tale told with moving conviction.

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About the author

Mary Lee Settle was born in Charleston, West Virginia, and has lived in England, Turkey, and New York. Her novel Blood Tie won the National Book Award and her novel Choices received the Lillian Smith Award for fiction. Settle's other works include the novels Charley Bland, Celebration, The Clam Shell, The Love Eaters, The Kiss of Kin and a memoir, All the Brave Promises. Settle now lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.