My Old True Love Author:Sheila Kay Adams In an Appalachian mountain community in the mid-19th century, young Larkin's mother dies in childbirth and he is adopted by his cousins, the Norton family, which includes the novel's narrator, Arty, then 9 years old. — As time goes by, Larkin and his cousin Hackley vie for the hand of the beautiful Mary Chandler, and when Hackley is kille... more »d in the Civil War, Mary marries Larkin. Arty herself marries at 14 and becomes the matriarch of a large, complicated family.
Sheila Kay Adams, a balladeer from Appalachia, has based her first novel on incidents in her own family.« less
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I live in the Appalachian Mountains and it was wonderful to read some of the history of this region. I found it to be so true to life, in the culture and speech. Wonderful book!