false 319770 1 0 586732 159376166X 9781593761660 83 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176050685m/586732.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176050685s/586732.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/586732.Strange_As_This_Weather_Has_Been_A_Novel 3.79 176 Strange As This Weather Has Been, tells the story of a coal mining family—a couple and their four children--;living through the latest mining boom and dealing with the mountaintop removal and strip mining that is ruining what is left of their mountain life. As the mine turns the mountains to slag and wastewater, workers struggle with layoffs and children find adventure in the blasted moonscape craters.

Strange As This Weather Has Been follows several members of the family, with a particular focus on fifteen-year-old Bant and her mother, Lace. Working at a 'scab' motel, Bant becomes involved with a young miner while her mother contemplates joining the fight against the mining companies. As domestic conflicts escalate at home, the children are pushed more and more outside among junk from the floods and felled trees in the hollows—the only nature they have ever known. But Bant has other memories and is as curious and strong-willed as her mother, and ultimately comes to discover the very real threat of destruction that looms as much in the landscape as it does at home.</div>]]> 319770 3.87 209 94 2007 586734 1584651180 9781584651185 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176050686m/586734.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176050686s/586734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/586734.Given_Ground 4.27 33 319770 3.87 209 94 2001