Description:
Matewan Garden Club spans two continents and three generations of the friends, neighbors, and wayfaring newcomers who migrate to the hard-scrabble hills and hollers of Depression-era West Virginia.
Review Quotes:
"Iris Underwood takes readers on a journey through life in the Appalachians. It's as if you are sitting on the porch with them, listening to their stories, and sharing their struggles. A must read."
-Randy Jorgensen, Page One Corp., Imlay City, Michigan"A wonderfully written story of vivid, endearing characters who depict life in the early 1900s within a small West Virginia coal-mining town-an unforgettable picture of immigrants and refugees building lifelong friendships by trials and triumphs, a brighter future for generations to come."
-Kathi Sherril, librarian, Matewan, West Virginia"Family. Friends. Faith. Iris Underwood takes her reader on a flower-strewn, multicultural-generational saga through and around the Appalachian town of Matewan. My book club and my garden club will love this book."
-Catherine Baurhenn, Port Sanilac Book Club, Port Sanilac Garden Club"In Matewan Garden Club, Iris Underwood takes the reader on a meandering journey through some of the most complex and beautiful landscape in the Eastern United States. Built around the central thread of horticulture, the metanarrative is one of growth in, through, and in spite of all of the challenges thrown into the lives of her central characters. It is imaginative, poetic, and symbolic while still being as true to the story as any book dares to get."
-Burton Webb, president, University of Pikeville, Kentucky