{"product_id":"the-moonshiners-daughter-a-southern-coming-of-age-saga-of-family-and-loyalty-9781496717023","title":"The Moonshiner's Daughter: A Southern Coming-Of-Age Saga of Family and Loyalty by Everhart, Donna","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSet in North Carolina in 1960 and brimming with authenticity and grit, \u003c\/em\u003eThe Moonshiner's Daughter\u003cem\u003e evokes the singular life of sixteen-year-old Jessie Sasser, a young woman determined to escape her family's past . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenerations 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResenting 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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elong-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donna Everhart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kensington Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.70w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496717023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2019 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonna Everhart\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author who writes stories of family hardship and troubled times in a bygone South. A native of North Carolina, she resides in her home state with her husband and their tiny heart-stealing Yorkshire terrier, Mister. Readers can visit her at www.donnaeverhart.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kensington Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45359329116313,"sku":"9781496717023","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_9eb4f52d-5fcb-47bb-b0db-12ca74733cc5.jpg?v=1746203616","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/the-moonshiners-daughter-a-southern-coming-of-age-saga-of-family-and-loyalty-9781496717023","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}