num_pages: 224
description: With a Hammer for My Heart is the story of Lawanda, a precocious, poverty-stricken fifteen-year-old girl from Cardin, Kentucky, who dreams of attending college. When Lawanda's friendship with an alcoholic World War II veteran named Garland is misinterpreted by their fellow townspeople, a tragedy calls her future into question.
language: English
title: With a Hammer for My Heart: A Novel
titlecomplete: With a Hammer for My Heart: A Novel (Kentucky Voices)
genres: Fiction, Poverty, Womens
ratings_count: 134
places: The United States of America
series: Kentucky Voices
publisher: University Press of Kentucky