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Long Man: A novel (Vintage Contemporaries) by Greene, Amy is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Retail From the critically acclaimed author of Bloodroot, a gripping, wondrously evocative novel of a family in turmoil, set against the backdrop of real-life historical eventthe story of three days in the summer of 1936, as a government-built dam is about to flood an Appalachian town, and a little girl goes missing. A river called Long Man has coursed through East Tennessee from time immemorial, bringing sustenance to the people who farm along its banks and who trade among its small towns. But as Long Man opens, the Tennessee Valley Authoritys plans to dam the river and flood the town of Yuneetah for the sake of progressto bring electricity and jobs to the regionare about to take effect. Just a few days remain before the river will rise, and most of the town has been evacuated. Among the holdouts is a young, headstrong mother, Annie Clyde Dodson, whose ancestors have lived for generations on her mountaintop farm; shell do anything to ensure that her three-year-old daughter, Gracie, will inherit the familys land. But her husband wants to make a fresh start in Michigan, where hes found work that will bring the family a more secure future. As the deadline looms, a storm as powerf

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Greene, Amy
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9780307593085
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Rating
3.83 / 5 (1,594 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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