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The Last Carolina Girl

A Novel
By Meagan Church
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The Last Carolina Girl by Meagan Church explores the life of a young heroine navigating her coming-of-age journey in the American South during the 1930s. Faced with societal expectations and personal struggles, she embarks on a path to discover her true self. The story beautifully captures the essence of resilience and identity against the backdrop of historical challenges.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy gripping historical fiction with rich, character-driven narratives. Set against the backdrop of the 1930s American South, the story explores themes of identity, belonging, and resilience. With its evocative prose and vivid setting, it promises to captivate readers who appreciate powerful emotional journeys and historical detail.

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The Last Carolina Girl

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An emotionally charged novel following one girl fighting for her family, her future, and her own place to stand in a world that doesn't always value the wild spirit of a Carolina girl.

A searing book club novel for fans of Where the Crawdad's Sing and The Girls in the Stilt House, this story follows one girl fighting for her family, her body, and her right to create a future all her own. Some folks will do anything to control the wild spirit of a Carolina girl...

For fourteen-year-old Leah Payne, life in her beloved coastal Carolina town is as simple as it is free. Devoted to her lumberjack father and running through the wilds where the forest meets the shore, Leah's country life is as natural as the Loblolly pines that rise to greet the Southern sky.

When an accident takes her father's life, Leah is wrenched from her small community and cast into a family of strangers with a terrible secret. Separated from her only home, Leah is kept apart from the family and forced to act as a helpmate for the well-to-do household. When a moment of violence and prejudice thrusts Leah into the center of the state's shameful darkness, she must fight for her own future against a world that doesn't always value the wild spirit of a Carolina girl.

Set in 1935 against the very real backdrop of a recently formed state eugenics board, The Last Carolina Girl is a powerful and heart-wrenching story of fierce strength, forgotten history, autonomy, and the places and people we ultimately call home.

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The Last Carolina Girl by Meagan Church is a powerful debut drawing praise for its exploration of family, resilience, and the dark history of eugenics in Southern America. Set in the 1930s, it highlights the impact of poverty, classism, and the search for belonging amid tragic circumstances. Critics have commended its emotional depth, lyrical writing, and memorable protagonist, likening it to other acclaimed works of Southern fiction.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781728257150

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 April 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Sourcebooks Landmark

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 304

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Fiction General Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Meagan Church Penguin Books

About the Author

After receiving a degree in English with a focus on creative writing from Indiana University, MEAGAN CHURCH built a career as a storyteller and freelance writer for brands, blogs and organizations. Her fiction focuses on overlooked and oppressed women's voices from the past. A Midwesterner by birth, she now lives in North Carolina with her high school sweetheart, three children and a plethora of pets.

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