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Billy May Platte found out the hard way that 1940s Appalachia was no place to be different. In 1945, when she was 14 years old and orphaned, a gang of local boys witnessed an event that called her sexuality into question. They orchestrated a brutal attack that changed the dynamics of Cedar Hollow, West Virginia forever.
In memoir form, i>Appalachian Justice /i>tells the story of Billy May Platte, a hardscrabble Appalachian woman who was brutally attacked as a young girl. Following the attack, Billy May chose to live in seclusion in a tiny hunting cabin on top of Crutcher Mountain.
Many years later, upon finding the hideout of a young girl, she's faced with a multitude of decisions. Will she come out of hiding to help the girl? Or remain in seclusion? Her decisions could lead to a second chance at life - if she survives.
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Blessed Are the Wholly Broken is the harrowing story of a modern family in the midst of self-destruction.
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p class="MsoNormal">When Anna unexpectedly finds herself pregnant again at the age of forty-three, Phillip is thrilled to have a second chance at fatherhood in spite of Anna’s objections. But the scars from their long-buried grief run deep, and as desires | |  | | Entangled Thorns
Forty-four year old Beth Pritchett Sloan thought she'd escaped her tragic childhood, but now she has to face the truth.
span style="color: rgb(0, 19, 32); line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Beth Sloan has spent the majority of her life trying to escape the memories of a difficult childhood.span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> /span>Born into the infamous Pritchett family of Cedar Hollow, West Virginia, she grew up hard, surrounded not only by homemade stills and corn liquor, but by an impoverished family that more often than not preferred life on the wrong side of the law.span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> /span>o:p>/o:p>/span> | |  | | Return to Crutcher Mountain
No one with Jessie’s history of childhood trauma could make it through unscathed, and Jessie is no exception. As recounted in Appalachian Justice, Jessie is an adult survivor of horrendous childhood abuse suffered at the hands of her stepfather. At the age of thirteen, on a stormy night on top of Crutcher Mountain, Jessie was rescued by reclusive mountain woman Billy May Platte.
Now, at the age of forty-seven, Jessie is a success, at least by all outward appearances. But underneath it all, Jessie still struggles to reconcile the broken pieces of her past. Little does she know, Billy May’s dying wish may just bring her the peace she so desires.
In honor of Billy May’s final request, Jessie has invited an agency that works with children with developmental disabilities to establish a wilderness retreat on top of Crutcher Mountain. Everything has come together beautifully, until a series of strange events threatens to shut down the operation.
Unsure what to expect, Jessie returns to West Virginia in search of answers and finds more than she bargained for. Along the way she falls in love with the residents of the Platte Lodge for Children, none more so than ten year old Robby O’Brien, a freckle faced, earnest little boy who was diagnosed at birth with Down Syndrome and who, upon the death of his grandfather, finds himself alone in a scary world.
As Jessie searches for answers, determined to save not only the Lodge but Robby as well, she must open her heart to the truths she discovers and place her trust in a lonely little boy. It’s only by doing so that she can save herself.
No one with Jessie’s history of childhood trauma could make it through unscathed, and Jessie is no exception. As recounted in Appalachian Justice, Jessie is an adult survivor of horrendous childhood abuse suffered at the hands of her stepfather. At the age of thirteen, on a stormy night on top of Crutcher Mountain, Jessie was rescued by reclusive mountain woman Billy May Platte.br />
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Now, at the age of forty-seven, Jessie is a success, at least by all outward appearances. But underneath it all, Jessie still struggles to reconcile the broken pie |
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Ode to Janis Joplin
by Judy Joy Jones
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 Spoken Word
This CD will touch the deepest inner part of your humanness and spirit, you will never be the same after listening to the depths of struggle, the reality of life, the touching voice of truth. It will shock you, move you to tears. It w |
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