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“There were bluegill not far away, small for their age because the creek was a small place and it was hard for any creature to outgrow its home.”

Book:Every Bone a Prayer

Source: Every Bone a Prayer

“Names were honest. They had to be in order to work, and sometimes it felt like there wasn't a day that passed that her family didn't hold something back.”

Book:Every Bone a Prayer

Source: Every Bone a Prayer

“None of us belongs only to ourselves.”

Family Belonging

Book:Every Bone a Prayer

Source: Every Bone a Prayer

“A sense of something gone slightly wrong, but when she asked, no one would tell her the truth. And that was where childhood lay, in the shadow of knowing that something was wrong but not knowing what it was or why it was or how to fix it.”

Book:Every Bone a Prayer

Source: Every Bone a Prayer

“None of us belongs only to ourselves. We don’t always get to decide who we are.”

Identity Group Identity

Book:Every Bone a Prayer

Source: Every Bone a Prayer

“The snake watched her with small, black eyes, but Misty wasn’t afraid. There was nothing that a snake could do to a girl’s bones. There was nothing left on her that anyone could harm.”

Snake Appalachian Fiction

Book:Every Bone a Prayer

Source: Every Bone a Prayer

“Dolly’s house was a fifteen-minute drive from Misty’s trailer. It wasn’t a long trip, but there was something about the mountains that made it seem much longer. There was so much more than just distance between them. There were thousands of trees and brambles and vines, endless pounds of kudzu, countless dips and hollows and bumps. There were a dozen hollers between Misty’s and her aunts, and each of them had families and creeks and pets and people of their own. And every one between them added to the weight and the distance so that going to Dolly’s house felt like a great journey”

Appalachian Fiction

Book:Every Bone a Prayer

Source: Every Bone a Prayer

“The crowd swelled like a lung, inhaling and exhaling, shuffling then still.”

Appalachian Fiction

Book:Every Bone a Prayer

Source: Every Bone a Prayer

“Misty was a thin slip of gray cloud inside the glass, her features blurred until they disappeared, and she couldn’t even see herself as she nodded and William smiled.”

Appalachian Fiction

Book:Every Bone a Prayer

Source: Every Bone a Prayer

“Then Penny turned off the television, sighed, and said, “I swear that man’s corn bread ain’t done in the middle.”

Book:Every Bone a Prayer

Source: Every Bone a Prayer