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Sins Of The Seventh Sister
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Author : Huston Curtiss
language : en
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Release Date : 2004-05
Sins Of The Seventh Sister written by Huston Curtiss and has been published by Three Rivers Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05 with Adult children of dysfunctional families categories.
Fearful he would not be believed, on one hand, but desirous of the freedom to embellish, on the other, Curtiss chronicles that time in Sins of the Seventh Sister, a book he characterizes as "a novel based on a true story of the gothic South."
Sins Of The Seventh Sister
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Author : Huston Curtiss
language : en
Publisher: Harmony
Release Date : 2003
Sins Of The Seventh Sister written by Huston Curtiss and has been published by Harmony this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Family & Relationships categories.
How many times have you thought, “this has got to be true—no one could make this up?” Well, in 1929, Huston Curtiss was seven years old, living with his beautiful, opinionated mother (whose image is on the cover of this book), and surrounded by their romantic, fiercely independent, and often certifiably insane relatives. Huston has never before written about that time—an era of racism and repression, a time when this country was still relatively young, an age of quirky individualism and almost frontier-style freedom that largely has ceased to exist. Fearful he would not be believed, on one hand, but desirous of the freedom to embellish, on the other, Curtiss chronicles that time inSins of the Seventh Sister, a book he characterizes as “a novel based on a true story of the gothic South.” It is his story and the story of the people of Elkins, West Virginia, a small town whose inhabitants included his mother, Billy-Pearl Curtiss, and her many sisters—all stunning blondes. Billy-Pearl would prove to be an irresistibly romantic figure in her son’s life. She was the seventh of eleven children, all girls to her father’s consternation. By the time of her arrival, her father felt he had been patient enough and insisted on calling her Billy; he taught her everything he had intended to impart to his firstborn son. She would grow up to be one of the most beautiful women in the county, but also one of the most opinionated and liberal. Her aim was so precise that she was barred from the local turkey shoot because none of the men had a chance against her. When a Klansman accused her of attempted homicide after she shot him through the shoulder to stop him from setting fire to the home of her black neighbors, she told the sheriff, “If I had meant to kill him, he’d be dead.” And with that defense, she was exonerated. Curtiss Farm was large and the house had many rooms, which Billy-Pearl got in the habit of gathering people to fill, especially the downtrodden who had nowhere to go. In May 1929, Billy-Pearl brought home a boy from the local orphanage. Stanley was sixteen, the age at which the orphanage kicked children out, and Billy-Pearl, knowing his sad history, could not allow him to end up on the streets. Stanley had witnessed his father beat his mother to death in a drunken rage and had taken a straight razor and slit his father’s throat while he slept. A country judge had the boy castrated to control his aggressive ways. Not a boy, but not yet a man, Stanley was tall, willowy, and frightened as a colt upon his arrival at Curtiss Farm—not at all the playmate for whom Huston had hoped. But quickly a friendship developed between the two that would last a lifetime—a friendship that would survive murder, suicide, madness, and Stanley’s eventual transformation into Stella, a singer who would live her adult life as a glamorous woman. Sins of the Seventh Sisteris brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, as alive with flamboyant characters and wildly uncontained emotions as any book to come out of the South.
Sins Of The Seventh Sister
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Author : Huston Curtiss
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
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Sins Of The Seventh Sister
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Author : Huston Curtiss
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-01-01
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Huston Curtiss's early life in West Virginia reads like fiction, but every word is true. In 1929, when Huston (known to his family as Hughie) was seven years old, his mother took in a boy from the local orphanage. Not just any boy, Stanley was a 16-year-old who had been hauled into jail at the age of 10 for slicing his drunk father's throat with a straight razor after the man beat his mother senseless one time too many. As punishment, the boy was castrated and sent to an orphanage before coming to live with the Curtisses, a family of eccentric and affectionate Southerners. The relationship that develops between Hughie and Stanley will last a lifetime and span Stanley's metamorphosis into Stella, a world-famous opera star who lived her entire life as a woman, married and became a mother without anyone -- save Huston -- knowing about her past. Filled with fascinating characters that leap off the page, this beautifully written memoir of the gothic South is similar to the works of Eudora Welty or Flannery O'Connor in its ability to both transport and entertain and give us characters we feel we have always known.
The Hunter The Bear And The Seventh Sister
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Author : B. I. Woolet
language : en
Publisher: ArcasArts
Release Date : 2014-01-27
The Hunter The Bear And The Seventh Sister written by B. I. Woolet and has been published by ArcasArts this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-27 with Fiction categories.
When a beautiful and powerful stranger throws Jackson into the world of Arcas, his predictable midwestern life instantly vanishes into an all-consuming adventure. The last kingdoms of Arcas possess enduring youth, beauty, and wealth but have slowly crumbled under the weight of endless apathy and a painful past. The rising evil of Gurges Ater now threatens to reopen the ancient kingdom pillars created long ago as passageways between Earth and Arcas. With access to both worlds, Gurges Ater will quickly conquer the weak kingdoms and establish his own throne. Can Jackson, along with a paranoid bear, a lone hunter, and the surviving seventh sister work together to protect both Earth and Arcas? Or will the unlikely heroes allow their own fears, pain, and past to paralyze them as Gurges Ater opens the pillars and claims the throne? Leave your own world behind, dive through the shimmering portal, and join Jackson to discover the beauty, danger, and adventure awaiting you in the world of Arcas!
The Seventh Sister
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Author : Paula Tanner Girard
language : en
Publisher: Five Star (ME)
Release Date : 2001
The Seventh Sister written by Paula Tanner Girard and has been published by Five Star (ME) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with London (England) categories.
The Seventh Sister
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Author : M. A. Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2025-07-30
The Seventh Sister written by M. A. Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-07-30 with Fiction categories.
Contemporary Authors
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Author : Lisa Kumar
language : en
Publisher: Contemporary Authors
Release Date : 2004-06
Contemporary Authors written by Lisa Kumar and has been published by Contemporary Authors this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.
Bowker S Guide To Characters In Fiction 2007
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-02
Bowker S Guide To Characters In Fiction 2007 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02 with Reference categories.
New Directions In 21st Century Gothic
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Author : Lorna Piatti-Farnell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-04-24
New Directions In 21st Century Gothic written by Lorna Piatti-Farnell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-24 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book brings together a carefully selected range of contemporary disciplinary approaches to new areas of Gothic inquiry. Moving beyond the representational and historically based aspects of literature and film that have dominated Gothic studies, this volume both acknowledges the contemporary diversification of Gothic scholarship and maps its changing and mutating incarnations. Drawing strength from their fascinating diversity, and points of correlation, the varied perspectives and subject areas cohere around a number of core themes — of re-evaluation, discovery, and convergence — to reveal emerging trends and new directions in Gothic scholarship. Visiting fascinating areas including the Gothic and digital realities, uncanny food experiences, representations of death and the public media, Gothic creatures and their popular legacies, new approaches to contemporary Gothic literature, and re-evaluations of the Gothic mode through regional narratives, essays reveal many patterns and intersecting approaches, forcefully testifying to the multifaceted, although lucidly coherent, nature of Gothic studies in the 21st Century. The multiple disciplines represented — from digital inquiry to food studies, from fine art to dramaturgy — engage with the Gothic in order to offer new definitions and methodological approaches to Gothic scholarship. The interdisciplinary, transnational focus of this volume provides exciting new insights into, and expanded and revitalised definitions of, the Gothic and its related fields.