West Virginia – Reading Along

Fiction

Lark & Termite – Jayne Anne Phillips

ByMichael March 24, 2020March 24, 2020

A rich, wonderfully alive novel from one of our most admired and best-loved writers, her first book in nine years. Lark and Termite is set during the 1950s in West Virginia and Korea. It is a story of the power of loss and love, the echoing ramifications of war, family secrets, dreams and ghosts, and…

Non-fiction

Rocket Boys – Homer Hickam

ByMichael March 23, 2020September 5, 2022

A warm, vivid portrait of the harsh West Virginia mining town of his youth, evoking a time of innocence and promise, when anything was possible, even in a company town that swallowed its men alive. Author Homer Hickam is the best-selling author of the “Coalwood” series of memoirs, the “Josh Thurlow” series of World War…