Mountain Girl

By Ken Byerly

Wade Talbot relishes the chaos of journalism. He starts as an editor of a weekly newspaper in North Carolina and becomes a reporter in New York just as the civil rights struggles explode in the 1960s.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1480144118
• ISBN13: 9781480144118
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Romance of It's Time

MOUNTAIN GIRL is the compelling love story of two young Americans, Wade Talbot and Becky Anderson, and their journey through the 1960s. From a rural southern town to the capitol cities of Europe, from an island in the Mediterranean to the hills of Virginia, Wade and Becky push and pull, prod each other, come together, separate, two restless young people in search of themselves and each other. MOUNTAIN GIRL takes us to worlds lost and changed, to places marked in the heart and wistfully remembered. It is told through the eyes of an author who lived it and remembered and now asks us to live it with him. Ken Byerly is a talented author. A joy to read. Come along for the ride. Carolyn Pfeiffer, Hollywood, CA

A Love Story, Indeed

This is a lovely novel, part coming of age, part love story, part civil rights era, part journalism, part travelogue, part delightful compendium of mountain and country music, and more, all put together with an assured writing style that left this reader confident that the author knows what he's talking about, whether it's measuring a tobacco field in North Carolina in the 1950's or hiking the Appalachian Trail a few decades later. Becky and Billy T are real characters; they make mistakes, their lives and careers keep them apart, and it takes a long time for them to realize what's important, both in the world and between themselves. I loved this book, and found it really hard to put down. It also made me wish that I'd traveled a couple of other paths in my own life, and I guess that's one of the things a good story does. Kudos, as they say, to Ken Byerly.

Mountain Girl--Love Story and Much More

Mountain Girl Review Wyatt Durrette Ken Byerly and I first "discussed" politics years ago when I was a college student and he was editor of the Tidewater News in Franklin, Virginia. I became an attorney, served three terms in the Virginia Legislature, and ran for Governor of Virgnia as a Republican in 1985. Ken moved on to newspapers in Washington D.C. and New York, left journalism to become a stockbroker, retired, moved to Vermont with his wife Priscilla and hiked the Appalachian Trail. I'm still an attorney in Richmond, Virginia, writing and speaking occasionally on political topics, and Ken and I still argue politics, though these days mostly by email. I had a hard time putting down this book. Ken's novel Mountain Girl is at it's core a love story, with the backdrop of America's civil rights struggle, being young in Europe, the movie industry, journalism , politics, and the coffee houses of Greenwich Village. The attraction between Wade and Becky takes root in rural North Carolina and endures, through other loves and lovers for both, across two continents and for many years. Their relationship fascinates, intrigues and captures your heart. It's incredible where the characters go and what they do. Ken takes you places you've never been and makes you feel that you were there. You catch glimpses of your own life, special moments when the coincidence of love and passion set sail, what is, what might have been. I am grateful I read this novel. If you read it, I think you will share this sentiment. Don't miss it.