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The Songcatcher

by Sharyn McCrumb · 2001

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Haunted by a memory, Lark McCourry traces the passage of a song through generations of her family, from a Scottish island through the pages of American history, to the Appalachian Mountains in western North Carolina. As the memory of the song dims over the years, Lark's only hope of preserving her family legacy lies in mountain wisewoman Nora Bonesteel, who talks to the living and the dead.

Genre
mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisghostghostMore like thisLess of thismagical realismmagical realismMore like thisLess of this
Themes
musicmusicMore like thisLess of thisrelationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisNorth CarolinaNorth CarolinaMore like thisLess of thisAmerican SouthAmerican SouthMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 416 pages

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