Find many great new used options and get the best deals for The Hollow Ground: A Novel by Natalie S. Harnett (, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! The Hollow Ground is an excellent debut from author Natale Harnett. I was first attracted to this book because it's supposedly loosely based on the towns of Centralia and Carbondale, two Pennsylvania towns not so far from my own, that were stricken by coal mine fires. The Hollow Ground, a John Gardner Fiction Book Award-winning novel by Natalie Harnett, is a coming-of-age tale inspired by the Pennsylvania coal mine fires, recently named the Appalachian Book of the Year.
Buy The Hollow Ground by Natalie S Harnett online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 3 editions - starting at $ Shop now. The Hollow Ground Natalie S. Harnett Inspired by real-life events in Centralia and Carbondale, where devastating coal mine fires irrevocably changed the lives of residents, The Hollow Ground is an extraordinary debut with an atmospheric, voice-driven narrative and an indelible sense of place. "Natalie S. Harnett's The Hollow Ground is a coming-of-age novel, a murder mystery, a family saga, and an American tragedy of an environmentally and economically devastated region. But most of all, it's a painful and powerful story of love and survival. David Gates, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Wonders of the Invisible World.
Book Summary. Set amongst the deadly coal mine fires of s Pennsylvania, The Hollow Ground is an extraordinary debut that will "grab you by the brisket and not let go" (Gary Shteyngart) "We walk on fire or air, so Daddy liked to say. Basement floors too hot to touch. In many ways The Hollow Ground is a story of survival. How well would you say Brigid survives? Do you think she has a chance at being happy in her adult life? Do you think this is also a story of survival for Ma?? In some ways Gram is a champion of women's rights. In other ways she subverts them. Discuss how she does both. Natalie S. Harnett I’d say the seed for THE HOLLOW GROUND was planted years ago when I was 11 years old and my grandfather’s neighbor in PA told me that there were coal more I’d say the seed for THE HOLLOW GROUND was planted years ago when I was 11 years old and my grandfather’s neighbor in PA told me that there were coal mine fires outside of Scranton that had caused the floors of people’s houses to be too hot to walk on. The thought of that, the image of it, the metaphor of it.
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