City Lights Bookstore Hosts Catch the Spirit of Appalachia Book Readings

March 30, 6 PM - Victoria A. Casey McDonald's newest book, "Just Over The Hill," will be featured. Victoria's book contains fascinating stories of the Black Appalachians who, although hidden away in small mountain communities, have made up an historic heritage in Western North Carolina.  Victoria has saved the stories, thus forever placing her Western North Carolina people into human history.

March 31, 2 PM - Barbara Woodall will be reading from her new book, "It's Not My Mountain Anymore."  Barbara graduated from Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School in 1973 and was one of the original interviewers in the Foxfire programs at age 15. She offers first hand accounts of profound experiences and mountain living.  She says: "Inevitable changes both to the landscape and its inhabitants clash dramatically with cherished memories of a passing era."

Amy Ammons Garza will be reading from her new children's book, "Said the Leaf."  Doreyl Ammons Cain, as illustrator for "Said the Leaf," will be on hand to also sign the books. "Said the Leaf," is actually a story encouraging the preservation of our natural environment, as the leaf carries us through season after season in the Great Smoky Mountains.  Fully illustrated by Doreyl in vivid color, the book is a true example of storytelling by the Ammons Sisters--bringing the story alive!

City Lights Bookstore is located at 3 East Jackson Street in historic downtown Sylva NC.