Salt Mountain Girl

By Brenda Totten Blakey and Brenda Totten Blakey

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 053313479X
• ISBN13: 9780533134793
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Vantage Pr
• Length: 113 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.3" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Salt Mountain Girl

The book Salt Mountain Girl was a wonderful book to read. Since I am from the area I found it very interesting. Sometimes you take things for granted and it takes someone else to make you see the beauty. A very speical thanks to you, Brenda for reminding me of the beauty in my back door. The stories about your family and friends are very touching.I am really looking forward to your next book. You did a wonderful job. Since Peanut doesn't read I have been rereading it to him. It is just as fun to read the second time and he is really enjoying it.

Salt Mountain Girl

Brenda Totten Blakey has written a simple,yet beautiful description of her childhood and the town where she grew up. The book is an easy read, and filled with very touching moments as when she describes her family and the people who have helped her along the way. Blakey has the makings for a great movie here.

It Was Like Stepping Back In Time and Reliving My Childhood

The author of Salt Mountain Girl is my first cousin, Brenda Totten Blakey. We were born three months apart and were very close for the first years of our lives. In Brenda's own words, "we were more like sisters". So many of the things that happened to Brenda happened to me as well. My mother was Brenda's father's sister and we were very poor when I was growing up. Had it not been for Brenda's family, I am not sure that we would have survived those years. So as I read the book it gave me a new sense of peace and understanding at seeing my childhood on paper through the eyes of someone who was so close to me. It touched my heart in a way that only someone who had truly been there can understand. Most of all, it memoralized many of the people and events that were so crucial to our early development as people. I can close my eyes and still see my Uncle Arthur and many of the scenes and stories that Brenda describes so beautifully in her book. Having visited with Brenda and Doc I know how very important it is to her to finish her high school education. However, I would like to give her a very strong "you go girl" on the ability to do such detailed research, to share both the good and bad parts of her life, and to maintain a home and a job while writing this book. Education can come in all forms and Brenda my dear you have had a wonderful life filled with different forms of education from the love of your parents to the support and encouragement of all the family and friends that you have made through the years. Never for a day underestimate the power that you have in your words and your stories because they are not only powerful but I know they are also true. Congratulations on a wonderful book and for giving me some beautiful memories to share with you.

From The Heart - Good

Salt Mountain Girl touched my heart with the purest of emotions. Mrs.Blakey's interputation of her life and growing up in the a small Virgina town of Buckeye Hollow, and the history of the nearby Saltville -brought vivid images to my mind of the beautiful homeland she was describing. It is written simply and beautifully. Her joys, pain and sorrows are felt in each episode which she shares...and the humor in some the the tales she tells, really tickles the funny bone. One page led to another and I was unable to put the book down as I was captured by the experiences of this remarkable woman's life. This is a book to tell your friends about and to enjoy reading again....Hope we hear more from you Brenda Totten Blakey

Very Tall and True

The book "Salt Mountain Girl" is a book with very strong points: organizing, and giving meticulous attention to detail. It was very heighten to keep your attention. Brenda Totten Blakey has lot's of vitally serious issues, vivid descriptions and thoughtful loving reflections. Her optimism proves that no matter what your life is like you can be happy. In the book she shows that she is definitely an ingenious, intelligent and enthusiasic mountain girl. Very tall and true. It is a five star rating book.