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nPeggy Konert has penned a coming-of-age novel revolving around 10-year-old Junen nEllen, set in late 1940s Arkansas. The defunct coal mining industry creates the talesn nbackdrop for spunky June Ellen and her painful struggles with the changing social andn neconomic milieu post-World War II. Her father has Black Lung Disease. He and Maman nmust fend off the mercenary Mr. Mackeys efforts to take over the Shoal Creek Mine-n nwhich would bring the entire rural community to its knees. The mine is a paradox, n nkilling the miners yet providing their livelihood. Konerts novel is rich in period detail, n nwith hardscrabble folks as varied as the Ozark hills and hollows. A reading treasure forn nhistorical fiction bibliophiles.n nn
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Brand: Margaret Peggy Konert