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Zweigstelle: Onleihe	Standorte:	Status: Nur online verfügbar	Vorbestellungen: 0	Frist:	Mediengruppe: eBook

As the 20th century dawns, the world is transformed in dizzying ways. But nestled in North CarolinaâEuros Blue Ridge Mountains is a place, and a family, out of timeâEuro"where one young girl will grow to face the challenges of each generation before herâEuro"and discover whether she has the strength to overcome themâEuro¦ The eldest surviving daughter of Anna Guinn, Rachel rarely ventures far from her home in the Appalachians, aside from an occasional trip into town to trade a penny for a peppermint stick. Sometimes she yearns for more, but as much as she fears her motherâEuros unstable mind, she is anchored by the strength of her grandmother, Willa. Freed from an abusive marriage, Willa holds the family together through hardship, all the while fulfilling her role as keeper of her neighborsâEuro carefully guarded secretsâEuro"the most painful of which may be her own. In this isolated, eccentric world where people depend on moonshine to put food on the table, hang talismans to chase away ghostsâEuro"and tragedy can strike as suddenly as a coiled copperheadâEuro"Rachel wonders what life has in store. Most of all, she worries whether she and her sister have inherited the darkness that lurks inside their mother. Her one respite is the townâEuros apple orchard, the ally she finds thereâEuro"and the revelation that she can take her destiny into her own hands, decide what to leave behindâEuro"and what is truly worth carrying into the futureâEuro¦