From the chestnut blight of the 1930's to industrial water pollution
today, this novel looks at environmental issues and the issue of
environmental responsibility. In this novel, sorrow comes to the
mountain community in the guise of a murder/suicide on a remote farm and
via a polluted river that brings death into the valley. Nora Bonesteel,
with her graveyard quilt and her herbal remedies, does what she can to
protect the ordinary folk from tragedy. This is a wonderful novel to
trace the continuance of Celtic heritage and folkways into America's
eastern mountains, which were settled by Britain's highlanders.Thanks for looking and Happy Bidding!