num_pages: 240
description: Crystal Spangler lives in rural Appalachia. She's the apple of her mother's eye -- not yet beautiful, but she will be. She's the most popular girl at Black Rock High. She makes cheerleader, gets good grades, and is elected beauty queen. Crystal discovers God, goes to college, and falls in love. When she comes home, she's disheveled and confused. Crystal becomes a wealthy politician's wife. But there's something calling her, drawing her back to where it all began, in the shadow of Black Mountain . . .From the Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Black Mountain Breakdown
titlecomplete: Black Mountain Breakdown
characters: Crystal Spangler
genres: Literary Fiction, Novels, Coming Of Age, Southern, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Chick Lit, Adult Fiction, Contemporary, Family
ratings_count: 1317
places: Black Rock, Virginia
publisher: Ballantine Books