Based on historical events this takes place over a few days in 1936 in East Tennessee in a village called Yuneetah that is meeting its death due to the building of a dam and the bringing of electricity. This book was sheer perfection in every way. It is a dazzling and unforgettable tour de force.moreĥ "earthy, transcendent, mind-blowing" stars !! 2016 Silver Award -2nd Favorite Read (Tie) I am in shock. Has she simply wandered off into the rain? Or has she been taken by Amos, the mysterious drifter who has come back to town, perhaps to save it in a last, desperate act of violence? Suspenseful, visceral, gorgeously told, Long Man is a searing portrait of a tight-knit community brought together by change and crisis, and of one family facing a terrifying ticking clock. Suddenly, they realize that Gracie has gone missing. As the deadline looms, a storm as powerful as the emotions between them rages outside their door. But her husband wants to make a fresh start in Michigan, where he has found work that will secure the family's future. Among the holdouts is a young mother, Annie Clyde Dodson, whose ancestors have lived for generations on her mountaintop farm she'll do anything to ensure that her three-year-old daughter, Gracie, will inherit the family's land. Just one day remains before the river will rise, and most of the town has been evacuated. But as Long Man opens, the Tennessee Valley Authority's plans to dam the river and flood the town of Yuneetah for the sake of progress-to bring electricity and jobs to the hardscrabble region-are about to take effect.
A river called Long Man has coursed through East Tennessee from time immemorial, bringing sustenance to From the critically acclaimed author of Bloodroot, a gripping, wondrously evocative novel drawn from real-life historical events: the story of three days in the summer of 1936, as a government-built dam is about to flood an Appalachian town-and a little girl goes missing.Ī river called Long Man has coursed through East Tennessee from time immemorial, bringing sustenance to the people who farm along its banks and who trade between its small towns. From the critically acclaimed author of Bloodroot, a gripping, wondrously evocative novel drawn from real-life historical events: the story of three days in the summer of 1936, as a government-built dam is about to flood an Appalachian town-and a little girl goes missing.
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