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Book Review: ‘Out of Peel Tree’

This novel-in-stories about a contemporary Appalachian family follows a grandmother, Essie, and her lineage from Peel Tree, WV to Texas.

The Cult of Individualism explores the rarely discussed cultural differences leading to today’s seemingly intractable political divides.

How does it feel to be deeply rooted in Appalachian community, to know that you belong from the past, and forward? Not an idle question.

After World War II, when factories such as General Motors were heavily recruiting, 7 million migrated north on the Hillbilly Highway.

Appalachia has always had a pull for its dispersed children, a pull I’ve felt my whole life. It has always been a land of nostalgia and loss.

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