The Moonshiner's Daughter

Written by Donna Everhart

Narrated by Amy Melissa Bentley

Generations of Sassers have made moonshine in the Brushy Mountains of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Their history is recorded in a leather-bound journal that belongs to Jessie Sasser's daddy, but Jessie wants no part of it. As far as she's concerned, moonshine caused her mother's death a dozen years ago.

Her father refuses to speak about her mama, or about the day she died. But Jessie has a gnawing hunger for the truth-one that compels her to seek comfort in food. Yet all her self-destructive behavior seems to do is feed what her school's gruff but compassionate nurse describes as the "monster" inside Jessie.

Resenting her father's insistence that moonshining runs in her veins, Jessie makes a plan to destroy the stills, using their neighbors as scapegoats. Instead, her scheme escalates an old rivalry and reveals long-held grudges. As she endeavors to right wrongs old and new, Jessie's loyalties will bring her to unexpected revelations about her family, her strengths-and a legacy that may provide her with the answers she has been longing for.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Dec 31, 2019
• ISBN: 9781541434561

Donna Everhart

Donna Everhart is the USA Today bestselling author of Southern fiction with authenticity and grit, including the Indie Next List selection The Education of Dixie Dupree, The Forgiving Kind, The Moonshiner's Daughter, and the Southeastern Library Association Award-winning novel The Road to Bittersweet. Born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, she now lives just an hour away along with her husband. Please visit her online at DonnaEverhart.com.  

Reviews for The Moonshiner's Daughter

[Becki Basley · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

the moonshiners daughter by Donna Everheart
(Scribd audiobook )
For generations, the Sasser family has made and sold moonshine. However after witnessing a horrible accident involving Jessie Sassers mother causes Jessie to be against the family business.
Then when her low down uncle does the unthinkable and her father is arrested. It’s up to Jessie to step up and run the business and maybe exact…some old revenge. This follows the second plot that Jessie is also bulmic and a granny woman tries to help her. Well written but not a Disney ending. Definitely an ending though.

[gmgoytia · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Beautiful book I learned a lot about life in the South and Moonshining. Wonderful reading

[creighley_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Generations of Sassers have made moonshine in the Brushy Mountains of Wilkes County, N. Carolina. Their history is recorded in their leather-bound journal that belongs to Jessie Sasser’s daddy, but Jesse wants no part of it. As far as she’s concerned, it caused her momma’s death a dozen years ago. Her father refuses to speak of that day, but Jesse needs to know about the truth of her momma’s death. It compels her to food. Resenting her father’s insistence that moonshine runs in her veins, Jesse makes a plan to destroy the stills, using their neighbors as scapegoats. Instead, her plan escalates an old rivalry and reveals long -held grudges.

[susan0316 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This novel is set in 1960 in N. Wilksboro, NC, the leading area for the making of moonshine in the south. The Sasser family were one of the main makers and distributors of moonshine during this time. The secrets for making good shine had been passed down from generation and the current family is made up of Easton, his daughter Jessie and son Merritt. Lydia, the wife and mother, had died in an accident while making moonshine twelve years earlier. This is Jessie's story.Jessie really resonated with me as the main character. She is only 16 and at times is wise beyond her years while at other times you can see her lack of maturity. This is basically a coming of age novel and her pain and conflicting attitudes are evident throughout it. When she seeks solace in food, you just want to talk to her and tell her that life will get better, but she is so filled with shame and disgust at her life that she could only find relief in food - something that she felt like she could control but eventually turned on her and became her master.Donna Everhart has proved once more that she is the Author of Southern Novels with Authenticity and Grit. She has brought her readers a wonderful, well researched novel full of likable (and a few unlikable) characters. My prediction is that this will be THE winter book that everyone will be reading and discussing.Thanks to the publisher for a copy of this book to read an review.