The Rosewood Casket by Sharyn Mccrumb
"Eloquent, lyrical, and richly textured . . . There is no one quite like [McCrumb] among present-day writers. No one better either." --San Diego Union-Tribune
With a career spanning decades, and superlatives from reviewers nationwide--whose bestselling novels have been named Notable Books by the New York Times and the LA Times--this is one of Sharyn McCrumb's most cherished novels.
The stage is set for family drama when Randall Stargill lies dying on his southern Appalachian farm, and his four sons come home to build him a coffin made from the special cache of rosewood he has saved for this purpose. Meanwhile, mountain wisewoman, Nora Bonesteel, prepares another box--to be buried with him. Among them, a real estate developer is hovering over the family's farm bringing secrets and tensions to the surface.
In a style both lyrical and beautifully detailed, with a narrative that flows from Native American lore and the burnished tales of Daniel Boone--up to the sharpest, and keenly realized landscapes of Appalachia today, The Rosewood Casket is a novel as hauntingly beautiful as the mountains that gave it charge--and a stunning addition to our collection of McCrumb Ballad novels.
Sharyn McCrumb is a New York Times bestselling author noted for her Appalachian Ballad novels such as The Ballad of Frankie Silver, She Walks These Hills, and The Ballad of Tom Dooley. The East Tennessee Historical Society's Wilma Dykeman Prize for Literature and the Audie Award for Outstanding Recorded Book went to Ghost Riders. She was a featured author at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. In 2006, she was named a Virginia Woman of History for Literature Achievement by the White House, and the Library of Virginia named her a Virginia Woman of History for Literature Achievement in 2008. Chowan University in North Carolina gave her the Mary Frances Hobson Award for Southern Writing in 2014.
She is based in Roanoke, Virginia, where she writes. Kirkus Reviews Popular North Carolina author McCrumb (The Songcatcher, etc.) returns with another epic song of a novel, this time a multi-tiered Civil War saga with an otherworldly twist that connects past and present. Publishers Weekly is a publication dedicated to the publishing industry.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780312388867 |
| ISBN 10 | 0312388861 |
| Title | The Rosewood Casket |
| Author | Sharyn Mccrumb |
| Series | Ballad Novels |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Griffin |
| Year published | 2013-08-20 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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