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GodPretty in the Tobacco Field

By: Kim Michele Richardson
Narrated by: Katie Schorr
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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 16th 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.

©2016 Kim Michele Richardson (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Coming of Age Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Tobacco Smoking Tear-jerking Feel-Good

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This is a lovely story, it's read beautifully and mat he's the text so well. Honestly, once you listen to one of this authors works you want to listen to them all. They take you away to live in the Kentucky mountains, they spin you into the life with smells, sounds and imagery for for poetry! Cannot get enough!!!

So Absorbing!

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Enjoyed this story! The narration is 5/5! Overall the story had me wanting to know more. Definitely worth a listen

Godpretty

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A great story, well told. But so much cruelty and tragedy portrayed that it’s heartbreaking to read. An unexpected ending redeems some of the sadness. Excellent performance by Katie Schorr.

Lots of heartbreak

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A decent story covering old ground with a rather messy ending that wasn’t totally satisfying for me. The characters weren’t as rounded as they could have been and it felt a bit stereotyped in places. The ending seemed a bit messy too. I found the narration really good and enjoyed the book as a whole.

A decent read

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The story, the premise, the background. Its written with such a level of desciption and feeling you'd think you were seeing it all. I could picture everything. Even the strawberries on her dress.

A fabulous array of characters, and it was easy to understand their feelings and emotions.

Definitely recommend.

Great listen

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Gorgeous story of the everyday difficulties of life at that time, in that place. Written so tenderly. A heartbreaking twist and story of redemption. Beautiful.

Beautiful

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beautifully read,evocative, hard hitting & heart rending yet atmospheric with hope & powerful emotions

Great read

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I nearly gave up on this listen, I found it confusing and boring at times. the ending turned out to be better than I had expected, so was glad I had persevered. the heavy southern American accent is also difficult to listen to, at times.

a bit slow

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A beautiful novel, narrated so eloquently and bringing all the characters to life. I loved the soft Southern drawl of the accent as narrated by Katie Schorr. This is what life on a tobacco plantation must've really been like in those days. The story played like a film in my head. I could see it and feel it. The harshness, poverty, backbreaking physical field and farm work, the bigotry and blatant racism and then the endearing innocence of RubyLyn and her heart aching for someone to love her, her passion for Art and her softness of character. I really loved her character. I was totally lost on this story and it's made me want to read more by this Author.

Just Beautiful

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The book is well written, and the characters well rounded. Rubylyn, the protagonist and narrator, is perhaps a littke too good to be true. There are moments of child abuse so if this is a trigger for you, be careful. a good, but not brilliant book.

An interesting story

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