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Several times throughout this book i asked myself why i was still reading it, and after finishing it the only answer i have is i was bored and kept hoping it would get better. An oprahs book club selection set in appalachia during the late 1950s, this acclaimed first novel chronicles a. Set in rural kentucky during the late 1950s and early 1960s, the reader is consistently challenged to question their response to the incidents and situations that occur in this novel. Jan 01, 1998 icy sparks is the sad, funny and transcendent tale of a young girl growing up in the mountains of eastern kentucky during the 1950s. Still, after that saturday morning, during the summer of 1956, the urges claimed me.
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