The Killing Tree (Paperback)

from flippinpages

Liked the story. Good characterization. About a third of the way in symbolism became heavy handed. Didn't like the dialogue. Author describes everyone as speaking "lowly". Got to the point I felt like throwing the book everytime someone spoke lowly. Good enough story to keep me reading but don't ...

from mandolin

I really liked this book about a mountain girl with a domineering grandfather. Her mother died after being cruelly cast out by her grandfather for running off and getting pregnant with a man he didn't approve of, but Mercy still can't help but fall for a poor migrant worker on the mountain. When ...

from readingrebecca

Mercy Heron graduated high school and works as a waitress. She has no plans and no hopes of ever leaving Crooked Top Mountain. Mercy has always lived with her insane grandmother and stern, overbearing grandfather because her mother died giving birth. During her eighteenth summer, Mercy meets Trou...

from readingrebecca

Mercy Heron graduated high school and works as a waitress. She has no plans and no hopes of ever leaving Crooked Top Mountain. Mercy has always lived with her insane grandmother and stern, overbearing grandfather because her mother died giving birth. During her eighteenth summer, Mercy meets Trou...