{"product_id":"the-saints-of-swallow-hill-a-fascinating-depression-era-historical-novel-9781496733320","title":"The Saints of Swallow Hill: A Fascinating Depression Era Historical Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Four Winds\u003c\/i\u003e in this Depression-era historical fiction novel set in the turpentine camps and pine forests of the American South.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA captivating story of friendship and survival as the lives of three vagabonds intersect in rural Georgia and North Carolina.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt takes courage to save yourself...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the dense pine forests of North Carolina, turpentiners labor, hacking into tree trunks to draw out the sticky sap that gives the Tar Heel State its nickname, and hauling the resin to stills to be refined. Among them is Rae Lynn Cobb and her husband, Warren, who run a small turpentine farm together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough the work is hard and often dangerous, Rae Lynn, who spent her childhood in an orphanage, is thankful for it--and for her kind if careless husband. When Warren falls victim to his own negligence, Rae Lynn undertakes a desperate act of mercy. To keep herself from jail, she disguises herself as a man named \"Ray\" and heads to the only place she can think of that might offer anonymity--a turpentine camp in Georgia named Swallow Hill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSwallow Hill is no easy haven. The camp is isolated and squalid, and commissary owner Otis Riddle takes out his frustrations on his browbeaten wife, Cornelia. Although Rae Lynn works tirelessly, she becomes a target for Crow, the ever-watchful woods rider who checks each laborer's tally. Delwood Reese, who's come to Swallow Hill hoping for his own redemption, offers \"Ray\" a small measure of protection, and is determined to improve their conditions. As Rae Lynn forges a deeper friendship with both Del and Cornelia, she begins to envision a path out of the camp. But she will have to come to terms with her past, with all its pain and beauty, before she can open herself to a new life and seize the chance to begin again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonna Everhart\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author known for vividly evoking the challenges of the heart and the complex heritage of the American South in her acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eWhen the Jessamine Grows, The Saints of Swallow Hill, The Moonshiner's Daughter, The Forgiving Kind, The Road to Bittersweet, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Education of Dixie Dupree. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is the recipient of the prestigious SELA Outstanding Southeastern Author Award from the Southeastern Library Association and her novels have received a SIBA Okra Pick, an Indie Next Pick, and two Publishers Marketplace Buzz Books selections. Born and raised in Raleigh, she has stayed close to her hometown for much of her life and now lives just an hour away in Dunn, North Carolina. Please visit Donna Everhart online at DonnaEverhart.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kensington Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50608091365650,"sku":"9781496733320","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_75d374f3-c807-4105-be4f-fd9b9237c2f2.jpg?v=1732317776","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-saints-of-swallow-hill-a-fascinating-depression-era-historical-novel-9781496733320","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}