Homesick for the Hills

By Alyce Faye Bragg

This collection of columns are woven with a nostaligic note of how life used to be in the hills of Clay County, West Virginia and underlines the longing of those who have left the country life to come... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941092410
• ISBN13: 9780941092418
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Mountain State Press, c2000
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wild, Wonderful West Virginia

A wonderful collection of nostalgic essays on the joys and sorrows of life in the hills. Based in a love for life and a deep faith, this second collection of Ms. Bragg's heartwarming writings will delight any reader seeking a reason to be thankful and hopeful.

It's Country

Alyce Faye Bragg's first collection of stories has already been reprinted and at least part of the credit goes to her love affair with the hills. These are the hills of West Virginia and from the small, very small town of Ovapa in sparsely populated Clay County. In her new book, Alyce Faye will tell you about drinking clear Appalachian mountain spring water, an addictive experience. If you have ever been exposed to farm living, you will be reached by her writing of the old vacant farm, "a sad sight." Alyce Faye says we can all go `back home' since she had already done this. She also recalls early holiday memories and her mother's Christian examples. Alyce Faye takes you there; her descriptions are powerful and enjoyable. But there are many things about rural life you may not already know: a shucking peg, about duck sitting, a pennyroyal, leather britches (not clothing), the horse that should have gone to jail and all about green apples and yellow jackets (ouch!). She writes about the real Mountaineer and a real Mountain woman. It may be humorous or sometimes sad, but it is never dull. A gracious real mountain woman herself, Alyce Faye Bragg brings real insight to her stories about country life.

Excellent Book

I was very impress with this book it was also the best book i've read about wv.