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Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood

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Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood

Publishers Weekly: Â Berkheimer candidly brings her personality to the page in this incredible journey from naivete to wide-eyed maturity.Â Â (April 2016)

Library Journal:Â Â Berkheimer's homespun memoir provides a wistful look back at a simpler time. An appealing counterbalance to more dreary war-era accounts.Â Â (May 2016)

"Mining companies piled trash coal in a slag heap and set it ablaze. The coal burned up, but the slate didn't. The heat turned it rose and orange and lavender. The dirt road I lived on was paved with that sharp-edged rock. We called it red dog. Grandma said, Don't you go running on that red dog road. But I do."Â

Gypsies, faith-healers, moonshiners, and snake handlers cavort through Drema's childhood in 1940s Appalachia after her father is killed in the coal mines, her mother goes off to work as a Rosie the Riveter, and she is left in the care of devout Pentecostal grandparents. What follows is a spitfire of a memoir that reads like a novel,Â with intrigue, sweeping emotion, and indisputable charm. Drema's coming of age is colored by tent revivals with Grandpa, poetry-writing hobos, and exotic carnivals, and through it all, she serves witness to a multi-generational family of saints and sinners whose lives defy the stereotypes. Just as she defies her own.

Country	USA
Author	Drema Hall Berkheimer
Binding	Kindle Edition
Brand	Unknown
EISBN	9780310344988
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Zondervan
Manufacturer	Zondervan
NumberOfPages	197
PublicationDate	2016-04-12
Publisher	Zondervan
ReleaseDate	2016-04-12
Studio	Zondervan

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