Black Mountain Breakdown

by Lee Smith

Overview

Crystal Spangler lives in rural Appalachia. She's the apple of her mother's eye -- not yet beautiful, but she will be. She's the most popular girl at Black Rock High. She makes cheerleader, gets good grades, and is elected beauty queen. Crystal discovers God, goes to college, and falls in love. When she comes home, she's disheveled and confused. Crystal becomes a wealthy politician's wife. But there's something calling her, drawing her back to where it all began, in the shadow of Black Mountain . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101560648
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/06/2012
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	598,940
File size:	490 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Lee Smith was born in Grundy, VA. She is author of many novels, including the New York Times bestseller The Last Girls, and most recently Guests On Earth. She is a recipient of the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the North Carolina Award for Literature, and a Southern Book Critics Circle Award.

What People are Saying About This

Mary Lee Settle

Black Mountain Breakdown is like a country song. It is true and real; it is loving and sad.

Anne Tyler

The closest thing to reading this would be reading Madame Bovary while listening to Loretta Lynn.

Annie Dillard

Black Mountain Breakdown is like a country song. It is true and real; it is loving and sad.

Editorial Reviews

"The closest thing to reading this would be reading Madame Bovary while listening to Loretta Lynn." — Roy Blount, Jr.

"Black Mountain Breakdown is like a country song. It is true and real; it is loving and sad." — Annie Dillard

From the Publisher

"The closest thing to reading this would be reading Madame Bovary while listening to Loretta Lynn."

Roy Blount

"Black Mountain Breakdown is like a country song. It is true and real; it is loving and sad."

Annie Dillard