Pungo Creek
Following the murder of her father, 9 year old Clara finds herself on Pungo Creek in an old house shared with her Great Aunt Sarah, her mother Rose and her younger sister Ivy. Rose sinks into alcoholism and is unable to shield her daughters from the volatile tempers, destructive behavior, incest and bleakness that have permeated the lives of the women of Pungo Creek for generations. Their grandmother silently endured her husband's rage. Her Uncle Benjamin molested his sister Pearl. When her cousin Kate is raped and murdered by her own brother - the same person who is assaulting Clara - the defenseless girl, having no refuge and no protector, makes a horrific choice.
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Pungo Creek
Following the murder of her father, 9 year old Clara finds herself on Pungo Creek in an old house shared with her Great Aunt Sarah, her mother Rose and her younger sister Ivy. Rose sinks into alcoholism and is unable to shield her daughters from the volatile tempers, destructive behavior, incest and bleakness that have permeated the lives of the women of Pungo Creek for generations. Their grandmother silently endured her husband's rage. Her Uncle Benjamin molested his sister Pearl. When her cousin Kate is raped and murdered by her own brother - the same person who is assaulting Clara - the defenseless girl, having no refuge and no protector, makes a horrific choice.
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Pungo Creek

Pungo Creek

by Brenda Mantz
Pungo Creek

Pungo Creek

by Brenda Mantz

Overview

Following the murder of her father, 9 year old Clara finds herself on Pungo Creek in an old house shared with her Great Aunt Sarah, her mother Rose and her younger sister Ivy. Rose sinks into alcoholism and is unable to shield her daughters from the volatile tempers, destructive behavior, incest and bleakness that have permeated the lives of the women of Pungo Creek for generations. Their grandmother silently endured her husband's rage. Her Uncle Benjamin molested his sister Pearl. When her cousin Kate is raped and murdered by her own brother - the same person who is assaulting Clara - the defenseless girl, having no refuge and no protector, makes a horrific choice.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781434884930
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 09/08/2009
Pages: 254
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Brenda Mantz' first novel, Pungo Creek, was inspired by her own childhood on Pungo Creek in rural North Carolina where she grew up in a house shared by three generations.

She is a freelance writer and photographer. Her work has appeared in Photo District News, Washingtonian Magazine, Solutions and Rough Notes. She founded InPrint Magazine, a magazine for professional photographers, for which she was honored with the Federal Photographers Award for Excellence. She is an active member of the International Womens Writing Guild and the National Writers Union.

President of her own risk management firm in Washington, DC, Brenda lives in Falls Church, Virginia with her husband and their two dogs. She is currently at work on her second novel.
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