Hazel Creek, Walt Larimore
Hazel Creek, Walt Larimore
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Hazel Creek

Author: Walt Larimore

Narrator: Joey Collins, Stina Nielsen

Unabridged: 11 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/04/2014

Synopsis

In the Hazel Creek Valley of the Great Smoky Mountains, Nathan and Callie Randolph, with their five unique daughters, wrestle to maintain their farm, forests, family, and faith against an unforgiving wilderness. An evil lumber company manager is seeking by every means possible to pilfer their land and clear-cut their virgin forest. A cast of colorful characters, including a menacing stranger, gypsy siblings, a granny midwife, and a world-famous writer-even a flesh-and-blood Haint-collide in a gripping struggle of good and evil amid eruptions of violence and tragedy. Our heroine, fifteen-year-old Abbie Randolph, has to help save her family's farm and raise her sisters while preserving her faith. This important story, based on almost ten years of research and four years of living in the area, captures the speech, ways, and beliefs of these unique pioneers at a crucial and irreversible turning point in this Smoky Mountains community of the Southern Appalachians. With the march of the industrial age, especially commercial lumbering, the traditional life and ways of our southern highlanders in general, and the Randolphs in particular, were about to change forever.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Angelc on March 22, 2012

3.5 Stars The main reason that I wanted to read this book was the setting, the 1920s Smoky Mountains. I'd say that in this facet, the book didn't disappoint. I did enjoy the setting, but the story wasn't really a hit for me. There were some extremely sad aspects that just weren't for me, personally. T......more

Goodreads review by Casey on March 11, 2012

Many of the endorsements for “Hazel Creek” said this novel was much the same as the infamous “Christy” novels and while I never read “Christy”, only saw the movie, I can say I add my agreement to theirs. Set in the back hills, the story has all the intricacies of how the people thought, talked and l......more

Goodreads review by Linda on January 20, 2018

A very folksy account Of a young girl and her foray, at age 15, into what the early 20th century Smokey Mountains called adulthood, for young women. The descriptions of the landscape are beautiful and transported me to Hazel Creek. Character development was good but dialogue was average. There was to......more

Goodreads review by Patty on October 23, 2022

Smokey Mountains Version of Little House on the Prairie This novel captures the spirit a time and place in American history through vivid imagery and stories that are both heartwarming and heart wrenching. The author does an excellent job of bringing his characters to life in a way that makes you eag......more

Goodreads review by Megan on October 30, 2017

I listened to this in audiobook form while taking a short vacation. I appreciated the well-developed cast of characters and the diverse personalities of each of the sisters. I grew up near the mountains (though compared to the characters in the book I’m a regular townie) and the setting was familiar......more

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