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“A collection of Zen-like moments of self-discovery and serenity . . . “A brilliant contribution to the growing collection of Appalachian literature that tells the story as honestly and purely as life in the mountains has always been and always will be.” - Teenreads

This is the story of one woman’s experiences in a hardscrabble coal-mining town, a story that brims with universal themes about life, love, and family-and all of the joy, laughter, heartache, and loss that accompany them. In a heartbreaking narrative that flows like a novel, we follow Ludie from childhood to falling in love and getting married, through the birth of her own children, and on into old age. A powerful read for young and old alike.In “luminous moments told in lovely language,” the poems of the Newbery Medal–winning author of Boris bring a rural woman to vivid life ( School Library Journal).Ĭynthia Rylant returns to her home state of West Virginia with this powerful and evocative collection of poems. 'A collection of Zen-like moments of self-discovery and serenity. 'A brilliant contribution to the growing collection of Appalachian literature that tells the story as honestly and purely as life in the mountains has always been and always will be.' - Teenreads This is the story of one woman's experiences in a hardscrabble coal-mining town, a story that brims with universal themes about life, love, and family-and all of the joy, laughter, heartache, and loss that accompany them. In 'luminous moments told in lovely language,' the poems of the Newbery Medal–winning author of Boris bring a rural woman to vivid life ( School Library Journal).Ĭynthia Rylant returns to her home state of West Virginia with this powerful and evocative collection of poems.

Ludie's Life by Cynthia Rylant