{"product_id":"the-climb-from-salt-lick-a-memoir-of-appalachia-paperback-softback-9781946684189","title":"The Climb from Salt Lick; A Memoir of Appalachia (Paperback \/ softback) 9781946684189","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Climb from Salt Lick\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Memoir of Appalachia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNancy L. Abrams (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781946684189\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 April 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages, 36 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis memoir is a love story—for a West Virginia man, for a West Virginia journalism career, and ultimately, for the state itself. Abrams’s palpable love for West Virginia allows her to combine the wonder of an intelligent, respectful outsider with the passion of an Appalachia native.\"\" - Sarah Beth Childers, author of \u003ci\u003eShake Terribly the Earth: Stories from an Appalachian Family\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"A must-read for West Virginians. For journalists and would-be journalists. For feminists, young and old. And mothers. For old hippies and anybody who came of age in the sixties and seventies. For anybody who’s taken a toke or two. For anybody who has tried to balance integrity with duty, dropping out with pursuing a career while trying to succeed as a breadwinner and parent.\"\" - Sara Pritchard,  author of \u003ci\u003eHelp Wanted: Female and Crackpots\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Abrams writes sharply and passionately, with a journalist’s skill at laying out compelling facts, and with an artist’s ability to make us experience this life with her.\"\" - Meredith Sue Willis, author of \u003ci\u003eOut of the Mountains: Appalachian Stories \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn the mid-1970s, Nancy L. Abrams, a young photojournalist from the Midwest, plunges into life as a small-town reporter in West Virginia. She befriends the hippies on the commune one mountaintop over, rents a cabin in beautiful Salt Lick Valley, and falls in love with a local boy, wrestling to balance the demands of a job and a personal life. She learns how to survive in Appalachia\u0026amp;mdash;how to heat with coal and wood, how to chop kindling, plant a garden, and preserve produce.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Climb from Salt Lick\u003c\/i\u003e is the remarkable memoir of an outsider coming into adulthood. It is the story of a unique place and its people from the perspective of woman who documents its burdens and its beauty, using words and pictures to tell the rich stories of those around her.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Vandalia Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52734618829080,"sku":"9781946684189","price":17.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-climb-from-salt-lick-a-memoir-of-appalachia-paperback-softback-9781946684189","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}