![]() ![]() ![]() Marie Manilla, author of Weatherford Award-winning The Patron Saint of Ugly The women are afforded few opportunities here, and they often settle for much less than they deserve, but they are resourceful and ultimately as resilient and reliable as the untamable land.” “ Goshen Road is a rich, multigenerational tale exploring women’s expanding roles in a rural environment. “Proudfoot reveals the strength, nobility, and despair of those who want to climb out of the hollow yet find themselves at the bottom of a long, unkempt, winding road.” ![]() She details the landscape of the mountains and dirt roads with tenderness and detail, and creates complex, rich characters.” “Proudfoot is a talented wordsmith, and her lyrical writing is the highlight of her debut novel. “ helps us enter into the realities of Appalachian life, how people both eked out a life, and really lived.” Winner of the 2022 Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia (WCoNA) Book of the Year.Longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Hemingway Award for Best Debut Novel.Selected for the Women's National Book Association's Great Group Reads program. ![]()
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