In the garden of stone
Publisher: Hub City Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781891885211
Description: "This debut novel opens in 1924 with the derailment of a passing train that buries 16-year-old Emma Palmisano's house in coal. Caleb, the railroad man who rescues Emma, marries her a week later and gifts her with 47 acres of Virginia farmland. The novel tells the story of the successive generations of Emma and Caleb's family, who endure an d grow despite poverty and hardship."--Library Journal.