The Last Ballad

Name: The Last Ballad
Author: Wiley Cash

by Wiley Cash

Historical novel based on true story of Ella May Wiggins and textile labor movement struggles

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Wiley Cash

American novelist from North Carolina whose debut A Land More Kind Than Home is a dark, lyrical novel of Appalachian life and religious extremism. His fiction explores the collision of tradition and violence in the American South. He is an important voice in contemporary Southern fiction.

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A Land More Kind Than HomeAppalachian novel examining faith, poverty, and violence in a Southern community
This Dark Road to MercyCrime narrative spanning perspectives of abducted children and their unpredictable kidnapper
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The CaretakersIntergenerational novel about fractured family bound by caretaking duties and past trauma