Prayers the Devil Answers
by Sharyn MccrumbSharyn McCrumb, New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Ballad series, examines one of the most famous public executions in US history in her stunning and powerfully written Depression-era novel.
Years later, after the trag.
- First published
- 2016
- Publishers
- Simon & Schuster· Limited
- Subjects
- Man-woman relationships·Fiction·Policewomen·Fiction·Fiction·Historical
- Language
- English
I'm a big fan of Appalachian ballads, and I've been meaning to read Sharyn MCrumb for some time. This, her latest, was the one the library had available so I took it off the shelf.
I read this as a digital review copy from Edelweiss. This book truly captivated me.
I like Sharyn McCrumb's novels for the slice of America she brings back to mind. It's been a long time since I read one of her books, and picked this up solely because of her name, but quickly became drawn into the story of a Depression-era widow who takes on the job of her dead husband, to become sheriff of a small mountain town in Tennessee.
About Sharyn McCrumb
Sharyn McCrumb, an award-winning Southern writer, is best known for her Appalachian “Ballad” novels, including the New York Times best sellers The Ballad of Tom Dooley, The Ballad of Frankie Silver, and The Songcatcher. Ghost Riders, which won the Wilma Dykeman Award for Literature from the East Tennessee Historical Society and the national Audie Award for Best Recorded Books. The Unquiet Grave, a well-researched novel about West Virginia's Greenbrier Ghost, will be published in September by Atria, a division of Simon &Schuster. Sharyn McCrumb, named a Virginia Woman of History by the Library of Virginia and a Woman of the Arts by the national Daughters of the American Revolution, was awarded the Mary Hobson Prize for Arts & Letters in 2014. Her books have been named New York Times and Los Angeles Times Notable Books. In addition to presenting programs at universities, libraries, and other organizations throughout the US, Sharyn McCrumb has taught a writers workshop in Paris, and served as writer-in-residence at King University in Tennessee, and at the Chautauqua Institute in western New York....
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From Poverty to Riches in Christ Jesus
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Recorder
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Judging and Emotion
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Recorder
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Judging and Emotion - a Socio-Legal Analysis
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Ex-Wife, Mistress and Love Interest
Sharyn Paige
Tyrone tyler is now divorced, and he is back with a vengeance.
Dancing with Langston
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Carrie, a business manager who always wanted to be a dancer, has two commitments today.
LET ME INTRODUCE YOU the European Wild Rabbit
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The unquiet grave
Sharyn McCrumb
From new york times bestselling author sharyn mccrumb comes a finely wrought novel set in nineteenth-century west virginia, based on the true story of one of the strangest murder trials in american history—the case of the greenbrier ghost.
God's Stories
Sharyn Branson
This book is a collection of god's stories that i have been blessed to witness or be a part of during my twenty-plus years in full-time overseas ministry.
LET ME INTRODUCE YOU the European Red Fox
Sharyn Bruce
The Unquiet Grave
Sharyn McCrumb
Lakin, west virginia, 1930 following a suicide attempt and consigned to a segregated insane asylum, attorney james p.
Behaviour Behind Bones
Sharyn Jones O'Day
This book is the first in a series of volumes which form the published proceedings of the 9th meeting of the international council of archaeozoology (icaz), held in durham in 2002.
Performing Judicial Authority in the Lower Courts
Sharyn Roach Anleu
Judicial authority is constituted by everyday practices of individual judicial officers, balancing the obligations of formal law and procedure with the distinctive interactional demands of lower courts.
The Internal Makeover
Sharyn Cordice
Nora Bonesteel's Christmas past
Sharyn McCrumb
When someone buys the old honeycutt house, nora bonesteel is glad to see some life brought back to the old mansion, even if it is by summer people.
Rosewood Casket
SHARYN MCCRUMB
Randall stargill lies dying on his southern appalachian farm, and his four sons have come home to build him a coffin from the cache of rosewood he has hoarded for the special purpose.
Coming Home
Sharyn Abshier
Soldier's Seed
Sharyn Bradford Lunn
Southern skyes is a family saga and the soldier's seed is the first book in the series.
The ballad of Tom Dooley
Sharyn McCrumb
Dance and American art
Sharyn Rohlfsen Udall
From ballet to burlesque, from the frontier jig to the jitterbug, americans have always loved watching dance, whether in grand ballrooms, on mississippi riverboats, or in the streets.
Love Shrinks
Sharyn Wolf
For twenty years, sharyn wolf, a practicing psychotherapist and "relationship expert," has helped revitalize the marriages of countless couples.
The Ballad of Tom Dooley
Sharyn McCrumb
Ballad of Tom Dooley
Sharyn McCrumb
Law and social change
Sharyn L. Roach Anleu
This major new textbook provides a clear and comprehensive guide to the sociology of law, surveying current theoretical debates and examining socio-legal research.
The Devil Amongst the Lawyers
Sharyn McCrumb
In 1935, when erma morton, a beautiful young woman with a teaching degree, is charged with the murder of her father in a remote virginia mountain community, the case becomes a cause célèbre for the national press.
Gaza: Beneath the Bombs
Sharyn Lock
The israeli offensive in gaza was described by amnesty international as '22 days of death and destruction'.
The Devil Amongst the Lawyers
Sharyn McCrumb
In 1935, when erma morton, a beautiful young woman with a teaching degree, is charged with the murder of her father in a remote virginia mountain community, the case becomes a cause célèbre for the national press.
The devil amongst the lawyers
Sharyn McCrumb
In 1934 all the national publications sent their star reporters to remote virginia to cover the trial of erma morton: a beautiful 21-year-old year old mountain girl with a teaching degree, accused of murdering her father--a drunken tyrant of a man.
Faster pastor
Sharyn McCrumb
Camber berkley, a young stock car driver, wrecks his car on a winding mountain road, landing right in the midst of the funeral of an elderly nascar fan.
Mountain Tails
Sharyn Munro
sharyn munro, author of the acclaimed the woman on the mountain, lives alone on her mountaintop refuge, surrounded by nothing but the australian bush.
The inconvenient child
Sharyn Killens
An abandoned australian child struggles to survive and find her american father.
St. Dale
Sharyn McCrumb
The dale earnhardt memorial pilgrimage is the last trip judge bekasu holifield would have chosen for her vacation.
Paying The Piper
Sharyn McCrumb
A motley crew of american and british professionals and amateurs gather for an archaeological dig into prehistoric burial rites on a small scottish dig into prehistoric island the quarters are cramped, cold, and scottish-summer soggy.
The ballad of Frankie Silver
Sharyn McCrumb
A career lawman will bear witness to the final judgement, as a man he put away twenty years ago is about to be executed for the brutal slaying of two hikers.
Lovers for life
Sharyn Wolf
Guerrilla dating tactics
Sharyn Wolf
Sharyn wolf is the sun tzu of the war between the sexes, the master strategist who'll teach you to transform your social life.
Shameless scribblers
Sharyn Pearce
Deviance, conformity, and control
Sharyn L. Roach Anleu
Chinook
Sharyn Marston
The hangman's beautiful daughter
Sharyn McCrumb
Everyone in dark hollow, tennesee, knew that old nora bonesteel had "the sight.
Paying the Piper
Sharyn McCrumb
Sick of shadows
Sharyn McCrumb
The book that started it all for edgar award winner sharyn mccrumb's widely acclaimed series featuring amateur sleuth elizabeth macpherson.
Sick of shadows
Sharyn McCrumb
The book that started it all for edgar award winner sharyn mccrumb's widely acclaimed series featuring amateur sleuth elizabeth macpherson.
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