Unbroken Circle: Stories of Cultural Diversity in the South (Appalachian Writing Series)

In turbulent times, what we need is possibility, and in this rich gathering of diverse voices, Watts and Smith give us just that. A girl molds clay against her deaf brother’s ears to heal him. A gay man finds his Appalachian clan in a dark world. These are stories and essays about the blues, about poverty, about families lost and made. Unbroken Circle is about broken and unbroken lives, and ultimately, hope. ―Karen Salyer McElmurray, author of Surrendered Child…………………