A review by lizjane
The Wettest County in the World: A Novel Based on a True Story by Matt Bondurant

4.0

I listened to this novel that is loosely based on the author's grandfather and granduncles. Three Bondurant brothers in Franklin County, Virginia make ends meet during the Great Depression by moonshining (or blockading, as it was called in that area). After losing almost half their family during the flu epidemic of 1918, the brothers turn to making a living however they are able.

I liked the writing style very much. The author paints a picture of a stoic southern people who don't let anyone get to know them well. Just when a person is presented as being mean and uncaring, they are shown to care. Then when you start to warm up to that person they are shown to be cruel. More nicely done than I'm making it sound.