Strange as This Weather Has Been

Strange as This Weather Has Been
Author :
Publisher : Catapult
Total Pages : 276
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781582439914
ISBN-13 : 1582439915
Rating : 4/5 (915 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Strange as This Weather Has Been by : Ann Pancake

Download or read book Strange as This Weather Has Been written by Ann Pancake and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2007-09-10 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A West Virginia family struggles amid the booms and busts of the Appalachian coal industry in this “powerful, sure-footed, and haunting” novel with echoes of John Steinbeck (New York Times Book Review). Set in present day West Virginia, this debut novel tells the story of a coal mining family—a couple and their four children—living through the latest mining boom and dealing with the mountaintop removal and strip mining that is ruining what is left of their hometown. As the mine turns the mountains “to slag and wastewater,” workers struggle with layoffs and children find adventure in the blasted moonscape craters. Strange as This Weather Has Been follows several members of the family, with a particular focus on fifteen–year–old Bant and her mother, Lace. Working at a motel, Bant becomes involved with a young miner while her mother contemplates joining the fight against the mining companies. As domestic conflicts escalate at home, the children are pushed more and more frequently outside among junk from the floods and felled trees in the hollows—the only nature they have ever known. But Bant has other memories and is as curious and strong–willed as her mother, and ultimately comes to discover the very real threat of destruction that looms as much in the landscape as it does at home.


Strange as This Weather Has Been Related Books

Strange as This Weather Has Been
Language: en
Pages: 276
Authors: Ann Pancake
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-09-10 - Publisher: Catapult

GET EBOOK

A West Virginia family struggles amid the booms and busts of the Appalachian coal industry in this “powerful, sure-footed, and haunting” novel with echoes o
Understanding Severe and Unusual Weather
Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors: Joe R. Eagleman
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-04 - Publisher: Kindle Direct Publishing

GET EBOOK

An understanding of severe and unusual weather should be a fundamental part of everyone's storehouse of knowledge. We live in a world that is at least occasiona
Weird Weather
Language: en
Pages: 373
Authors: David A. J. Seargent
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-02 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

GET EBOOK

This book is, in a sense, a sequel to David Seargent's first Springer book Weird Astronomy (2010). Whereas Weird Astronomy extended over a broad range of purely
Workbook for Understanding Severe and Unusual Weather
Language: en
Pages: 149
Authors: Joe R. Eagleman
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-04 - Publisher: Kindle Direct Publishing

GET EBOOK

This workbook contains summaries and additional information for each of the 15 chapters in the book UNDERSTANDING SEVERE AND UNUSUAL WEATHER along with discussi
Wonders of Unusual Weather
Language: en
Pages: 115
Authors: Joe R Eagleman
Categories: Young Adult Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2025-01-07 - Publisher: Kindle Direct Publishing

GET EBOOK

Are you fascinated by the mysteries of nature? Wonders of Unusual Weather is your guide to some of the planet’s most bizarre and awe-inspiring meteorological