I didn't ask the original question, but I wanted to thank you Herb for the suggestion of a new writer I hadn't read. Jan Karon's books will be next on my reading list. Also, Big Stone Gap, Va., is right there in my old neck of the woods.
Did you know Adriana Trigiani plans to make a move based on
Big Stone Gap ?
http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/l...locally/41871/