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By brian sewell secret wisdom of the earth, the debut novel by christopher scotton released this week, is a comingofage story that takes familiar themes tragedy and the quest to find healing and explores them with the backdrop of a central appalachian community beset by mountaintop removal coal mining set in 1985 in the fictional medgar, ky. Its not only the characterizations within that make the secret wisdom of the earth such a great book. Warwicks is hosting the debut novelist christopher scotton on wednesday, march 30th at 7. The main characters of this fiction, historical story are. Scotton labored over his book for over 15 years and has created a quiet masterpiece that i daresay will be read and remembered years from now. Just when you think you have the main storyline in your sights, the pattern shifts ever so slightly to present dazzling new characters or a puzzling plot twist and read full article. For book clubs christopher scotton the secret wisdom.
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