num_pages: 194
description: Dolly's witty style has built a loyal following. Withrow’s previous book, More Than Penny Candy, is in its third printing. Her award-winning columns appear in The Jackson Herald and The Charleston Daily Mail. Rooted in Appalachia, Beyond the Apple Orchard is part memoir, part reflection, and part humor. Each part is filled with insight, wit and wisdom. While her book captures the pulse of everyday life in a particular place and time, its universality can make anyone nod and smile.Withrow brings to life a bygone era in her essay A Sense of Place. “The Prayer and Faith Tabernacle stood high on a hill overlooking Cat Eye's beer joint. . . . [Walking past Cat Eye's], I could hear the beat of country tunes and smell the stench of stale beer intermingled with cigarette smoke. A few minutes later, as I walked up the hill, . . . I could hear echoing down from the Tabernacle the singing of hymns. . . As odd as it may seem, many of the same people frequented both places. . . ." The author offers Survival Tips for Everyday Living. From folding a fitted sheet to opening childproof containers, this essay provides hilarious advice. Here's the author's take on child discipline. "Getting children to behave has been a problem since Cain slew Abel, but I've noticed a difference in discipline techniques of yesteryear and today. We now have something called ‘the time-out chair,’ and children love it. I've seen them snicker all the way to the chair and smile slyly when they get to leave it. . . . Then there is the practice of counting. The parent begins with 'one.' Then the parent says more loudly 'two,' and by three the child is supposed to obey. . . . [One day] I heard a parent say,' two thousand four, two thousand five' . . . . Keen observers know that most children are more intelligent than adults. . . ."Giles Snyder of West Virginia Public Radio notes that her essays leave her listeners “clamoring for more. . . . Her vivid descriptions of yesteryear and her wit and wisdom ring true with our audience. . . I can’t recommend Dolly’s work enough.” With a handsome cover, yesteryear photographs, true-life stories, and quick wit, Beyond the Apple Orchard promises a thumping good read. Written from both heart and mind, this book lives up to that promise.
language: English
title: Beyond the Apple Orchard
titlecomplete: Beyond the Apple Orchard
ratings_count: 6
places: Appalachia
publisher: Elk River Press