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Two sisters can't stand to live together, but can't bear to be apart. One worships the flashy world of Nashville, the other is a devout Pentecostal. One falls into the lap of any man, the other is afraid to even date. One gets pregnant in a flash, the other desperately wants to have child.
This is what's at the heart of Silas House's third, masterful novel, which tells the story of Easter and Anneth, tragically left parentles as children, who must raise themselves and each other in their small coal-mining town. Easter is deeply religious, keeps a good home, believes in tradition, and is intent on rearing her wild younger sister properly. Anneth is untamable, full of passion, determined to live hard and fast. It's only a matter of time before their predilections split their paths and nearly undo their bond. How these two women learn to overcome their past, sacrifice deeply for each other, and live together again in the only place that matters is the story of The Coal Tattoo.
Silas House's work has been described as compelling, seamless, breathtaking, heartbreaking, eloquent, stunningly beautiful, and exquisite. In The Coal Tattoo, he raises the bar once again.
I absolutely loved [b:A Parchment of Leaves|54103321|A Parchment of Leaves|Silas House|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1592238395l/54103321._SX50_.jpg|880730], so I went into this novel with great expectations. I was disappointed. It was not a bad novel, but there were flaws and I had some difficulty connecting with the two main characters. I have sisters, five of them, and I have had just about every kind of sisterly relationship you can have, I did not find theirs believable.
The end of the novel saved it to some extent, because it became about something more than this strange relationship between these women. But, that was quite late in coming. I did not, right up to the last page, understand what drove Anneth. Little that she did made a bit of sense to me.
I had really looked forward to this novel and will still read his third, [b:Clay's Quilt|51732144|Clay's Quilt|Silas House|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1590434251l/51732144._SY75_.jpg|518136]. I hope it will at least fall between this one and the 5-star novel I began this series with.
For those who loved this novel, and many did, I am happy it worked for you in ways it did not work for me. I gave a lot of thought to how I was left feeling at the end and realized a large portion of the novel was almost DNF material for me and it was only saved by the last quarter. Can’t win them all. ( )
A continuation of the Appalachian family saga begun in A Parchment of Leaves. This one is set in the ‘60s and even with the changes that has brought to the Kentucky hollow - a coal boom, soldiers shipping out to Vietnam, rock and roll replacing The Grand Ole Opry – it still expresses the deep love and respect for the land that made the first book so special. ( )
Sometime during the past year there was a meme going around facebook with a list of the best authors per state. Kentucky had a name I had never heard of! A girl from Bowling Green writing chick lit. I commented, with the many outstanding writers from the Commonwealth it was a travesty to choose a virtual unknown amid greats such as Silas House. And Bobbie Ann Mason, Barbara Kingsolver, Wendall Berry etc etc etc
This book is magic in your hands. You never know what's happening next. You hope it turns out well.
And it does in an unexpected and yet worldly way.
Nothing flashy. Just honest writing enhanced by melodious prose. ( )
Like the other Silas House book I read, I most enjoyed the sense of place House creates in The Coal Tattoo. The writing was good, the story and characters were interesting, but what got me most was the setting. ( )
“The Coal Tattoo” is the third installment in a series by Silas House. This sweet novel is strong enough to stand on its own if you haven't read the first two books in the series, “A Parchment of Leaves” and “Clay's Quilt.” This a story primarily of two very different sisters as they walk through various trials, sometimes successfully and sometimes just by enduring. It is also a reflection of life in a rural area and the influence of coal mining on a community. As lives of the sisters unfolds the reader discovers how events in their past affects the characters present choices and values and leads them to uncover strength within. ( )
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Many Rivers Converging
Sharp, sweet spring eddies through generations, streams merge in churning unity - on believer in blood and bone. - Jane Hicks, "Ancestral Home"
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For Lee and all the family I have made at the Hindman Settlement School. It is this land that makes us kin.
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Anneth was dancing in her tight red dress and everyone was watching her, the way she closed her eyes and felt the music running up and down the backs of her legs, the way the curls trembled down in her eyes as she threw her hair about, stomping her feet with one leg proudly thrust through the high slit that ran up one side of her dress, and it was like seeing joy made into a human form that could travel across the dance floor-it was like seeing the music itself.
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Two sisters can't stand to live together, but can't bear to be apart. One worships the flashy world of Nashville, the other is a devout Pentecostal. One falls into the lap of any man, the other is afraid to even date. One gets pregnant in a flash, the other desperately wants to have child.
This is what's at the heart of Silas House's third, masterful novel, which tells the story of Easter and Anneth, tragically left parentles as children, who must raise themselves and each other in their small coal-mining town. Easter is deeply religious, keeps a good home, believes in tradition, and is intent on rearing her wild younger sister properly. Anneth is untamable, full of passion, determined to live hard and fast. It's only a matter of time before their predilections split their paths and nearly undo their bond. How these two women learn to overcome their past, sacrifice deeply for each other, and live together again in the only place that matters is the story of The Coal Tattoo.
Silas House's work has been described as compelling, seamless, breathtaking, heartbreaking, eloquent, stunningly beautiful, and exquisite. In The Coal Tattoo, he raises the bar once again.
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The end of the novel saved it to some extent, because it became about something more than this strange relationship between these women. But, that was quite late in coming. I did not, right up to the last page, understand what drove Anneth. Little that she did made a bit of sense to me.
I had really looked forward to this novel and will still read his third, [b:Clay's Quilt|51732144|Clay's Quilt|Silas House|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1590434251l/51732144._SY75_.jpg|518136]. I hope it will at least fall between this one and the 5-star novel I began this series with.
For those who loved this novel, and many did, I am happy it worked for you in ways it did not work for me. I gave a lot of thought to how I was left feeling at the end and realized a large portion of the novel was almost DNF material for me and it was only saved by the last quarter. Can’t win them all.
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