It arose out of a short story with a minor character demanding that his story be told. I started my first novel in the mid-nineties. But whichever method is used, a warning is due. There are advantages and disadvantages to each approach. Lum's courageous journey toward independence makes her a heroine worth fighting for, and readers will find themselves missing her company after the final page turns.Ann Lamott, in her writing guide, Bird by Bird, advises writers to move forward without editing until reaching the end of a “shitty first draft.” I’ve tried this approach and I’ve also written a chapter, taken it to my writer’s group, revised it, and then moved on to the next chapter. a treat for those who appreciate character-centered historical fiction.
Select if for your book club, and get ready for a rip-roaring discussion." I read Lum from start to finish in one day and relished its fresh characters and take on history. Ware writes with a charismatic Southern voice that will appeal to readers of Ron Rash, Lee Smith, and Wiley Cash. Ann Hite, author of the award-winning Ghost On Black Mountain and Georgia Author of the Year, 2011 ". Lisa Alther, author of Kinfolks "Libby Ware has written with a rich new southern voice and captured the dying art of storytelling in her debut novel." Lum's courageous journey to selfhood is profound and moving, and a metaphor for the process of self-acceptance necessary for anyone who doesn't fit into traditional social norms." " Lum is an engaging portrait of a village in the Virginia Blue Ridge during the Great Depression. However, the Parkway brings opportunities as well as loss. As people take sides in the fight, the community begins to tear apart-culminating in an act of violence and subsequent betrayal by opponents of the new road. Everything is turned upside down, however, when the Blue Ridge Parkway is slated to come through her family's farmland. Now, at thirty-three, she has no home of her own but is shuttled from one relative's house to another-valued for her skills, but never treated like a true member of the family. At eight, she was diagnosed with what we now call an intersex condition and is told she can't expect to marry.
About the Book In Depression-era Appalachia, an intersex woman without a home of her own plays the role of maiden aunt to her relatives-until an unexpected series of events gives her the opportunity to change her fate.īook Synopsis Lum has always been on the outside.
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