Lum A Novel (Audible Audio Edition) Libby Ware Janet Metzger She Writes Press Books
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In 1933 in the Shenandoah Valley, there isn't a place for Lum (short for Columbia), a 33-year-old intersex woman. She travels by schedule from one branch of the family to another, assisting with cooking, childcare, and housework. Always an outsider, even in her own family, Lum secretly collects postcards of people like the Dog-faced Girl, imagining their stories, and nurtures her lifelong friendship with Smiley, an African-American man who sells furniture, odds and ends, and a little moonshine. She makes friends with another outsider, a young Melungeon man from an isolated community high in the mountains, who is fresh out of prison.
Scenes from Lum's childhood and young adulthood are interspersed with chapters taking place in 1933, when Lum is 33 years old. But Lum's world changes when a local banker becomes ill and needs care. Sent to assist, she forms an unlikely friendship with the curmudgeonly old man. At the same time, the federal highway administration comes scouting land, wanting to buy the family farm for a new scenic highway. Lum's relatives don't want to sell, and they're not alone. As tensions over the highway escalate toward violence, and as loyalties are tested, Lum takes a bold step to create an independent life.
Lum A Novel (Audible Audio Edition) Libby Ware Janet Metzger She Writes Press Books
In "Lum" Libby Ware has woven a heartfelt tale to remind us that we are all different, but some are more different than others. Columbia (Lum), growing up during the depression in The Blue Ridge Mountains, is told at an early age she will never marry because she is born of both sexes. Holding the positive qualities of both she is shuttled back and forth between her family members and is a fascinating, courageous and lovable character that I will always remember. The beautiful Appalachian descriptions made me want to stomp on the fall leaves beside her.Product details
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Lum A Novel (Audible Audio Edition) Libby Ware Janet Metzger She Writes Press Books Reviews
Interesting
Enjoyable book. It wasn't a hard read, but the depth of main character fascinated me. I loved the feeling of the sense of that time in history and of the beautiful place where the story was set.
I finished reading Lum the first time. I need to read it again, as I very much enjoyed this story of a sensitive person trying to find a place in the world, and though your language is simple, I feel there are complexities I may have missed. I love the depiction of the beginnings of the Blue RIdge Parkway, a fascinating area of the country, with its baby mountains.
This was an okay novel. The author developed the main character just enough for me to care about her. However, I felt I wanted more information about her and how she dealt with being transgendered throughout her life. The story went on, jumping back and forth in time and gave mere glimpses into Lum's life and challenges. I just wanted to know her and some of the other characters more.
Libby Ware’s masterful evocation of life in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the early years of the last century is exceeded only by the depth and poignancy with which she reveals the main character of this wonderful debut novel. Lum is different- and talented and wise - though mostly unappreciated by her controlling family. Fortunately for Lum, her life is redeemed in unexpected ways. Fortunately for the reader, Libby Ware has written a very fine novel.
This book is a wonderful read, which gives an unusual and worthwhile slant on the lives of single women in a time and place we often don't read about in mainstream literature. Beautifully written and full of the language and imagery of the low-income southern mountains, Ware evokes her setting and the heartbreaking predicament of the "extra woman" with compassion and respect. No wonder it won a major award. Read it now.
Lum is a melancholy book that reminded me of A Giant’s House by Elizabeth McCracken. As an intersex female born in the south at the turn of the century, Lum must keep a low profile in her small community to avoid being scrutinized and bullied more than she’s already been. Though she works hard caring for babies and cooking for her family’s children, her value to others is minimized nil given that she won’t be marrying and making babies. Lum is a beautifully written and captivating story of the important need in all of us to be loved and to belong.
In "Lum" Libby Ware has woven a heartfelt tale to remind us that we are all different, but some are more different than others. Columbia (Lum), growing up during the depression in The Blue Ridge Mountains, is told at an early age she will never marry because she is born of both sexes. Holding the positive qualities of both she is shuttled back and forth between her family members and is a fascinating, courageous and lovable character that I will always remember. The beautiful Appalachian descriptions made me want to stomp on the fall leaves beside her.
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