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<p><p>"Both fable and mystery, <I>Way Down Deep</I> is simply irresistible,&#160;as plucky&#160;orphan Ruby June searches for the secret of her past, deeply entwined with an entire community worthy of Dickens. Funny, sweet, and filled with the heart&#8217;s own truths, this is the best book yet from the queen of Appalachian storytelling."<p>&#160;&#8212;Lee Smith, author of <I>On Agate Hill</I> and <I>Fair and Tender Ladies</I><p></p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>The opening chapters of this warmhearted story set in 1954 read like postcards from the holler, as White (Belle Prater's Boy) introduces the quirky residents of Way Down Deep, a town "cradled between the hills in a place that later became known as West Virginia." The central setting is a boardinghouse called The Roost, run by Miss Arbutus Ward, the last living member of the family that founded the town. Into her life drops Ruby, about age three, who turns up one June morning on the courthouse steps, unable to explain how she got there. Some of White's narrative teeters on the wobbly edge of farce: the Reeder siblings, for instance, are named Peter, Cedar, Jeeter, Skeeter and baby Rita ("Mama had run out of rhyming names, so

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Author

White, Ruth, 1942-

Publisher

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374382513

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Children'S, History, Fiction

Rating

3.92 / 5 (587 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14