At Home in the Heart of Appalachia by John O'Brien

At Home in the Heart of Appalachia

John O'Brien

320 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir reflective slow-paced

Description

John O’Brien was raised in Philadelphia by an Appalachian father who fled the mountains to escape crippling poverty and family tragedy. Years later, with a wife and two kids of his own, the son moved back into those mountains in an attempt to unde...

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