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Nina Holland
This book is a collection of simple stories written in the vernacular of the Appalachian region during the late 1930’s and the early 1940’s. Although written as fiction, every chapter has a person ...view moreThis book is a collection of simple stories written in the vernacular of the Appalachian region during the late 1930’s and the early 1940’s. Although written as fiction, every chapter has a person or event reminiscent of the author’s own life. The author was raised in West Virginia and now, as a widow, she lives a quiet life in Idaho near four of her six children. The years have taken her many places away from the hills of her home state. She was born with a desire for learning new things, but the fulfillment of that desire came only at fifty years of age--and after the birth of 7 children. She became a nurse and later attended Bible college. In 1998, after a seven year stay in the Philippines as a Baptist missionary, she returned to Indiana for a time before a desire to return to the hills became irresistible. On her return to the Appalachian area she continued to work and live in the same community she grew up in. However, due to her age, and an opportunity for a home in Idaho, she left the area of her childhood for good and settled into, perhaps, her last move. She continues to call West Virginia home, however, and states that her early years in the hills were the most endearing and uncomplicated times of her life, plus a remarkable era to be born into. Her enjoyment of her early years is greatly contributed to the church as being the center of most communities and the sharing of the same values-- if not the same preferences. She states that the memories of those days are like shadows who hide from the sun, trailing her wherever she turns. “I both lived them and sometimes I long for them.”view less
Books by Nina Holland
Go Back with Me: A Nostalgic Recall of Early 1940 Life in West Virginia