CHANGES IN THE WORLD around them, whether cultural or technology, do not destroy the vestiges of old Appalachia. Old Appalachia remains defiant, hilly and poor, but always unique. Amber D. Tran's Mountain Fever illustrates this portrait by revelation. Her short stories and her poetry sketch characters who love the hills and the forests, but also love their alcohol, now legal. But today's world in Appalachia includes other things as well. The drugs. The sexual appetites. The fights. And even their ATVs. The women and the men are ready to throw down, but in defense of something that has a shine; it is just buried, immersed in the poverty of the area and its lack of opportunity.Read Mountain Fever for the imagery in its stories of prose or poetry. Read it for its emotional impact, because those emotions that make us at once part of humanity and the animal world also bleed sympathy, acceptance, and humor.

Mountain Fever: Words from West Virginia

Literature & Fiction

Tran, Amber D

United States

Ardent Writer Press, LLC, The

In this debut novel from author Amber D. Tran, a tale of adolescence and heartbreak unfolds. Nine-year-old Abigail Kavanagh first meets Ryan Mills during the summer of 1999. A shy and awkward boy, Ryan hides behind his wide-framed glasses while Abigail is determined to learn everything there is to know about him. The next few summers are filled with birthday parties, adventures in and around the West Virginian mountainsides, and late night conversations where they share their most secretive and personal thoughts. Their friendship starts to crumble when Abigail befriends the attractive and musical Lilly Anderson, a girl who is also interested in uncovering the mysterious nature surrounding Ryan. However, everything comes to an end the summer of 2004, and Abigail must decide if her new journey is worth traveling alone. A novel that takes place in a small town in northern West Virginia, Moon River is a story that exploits the brutal honesty in growing up fast, loving too young, and losing too soon.

Moon River

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Little Creek Books

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