Mary Judith Messer will be at City Lights on Saturday, August 21st at 7:00 p.m. to read from her new memoir, entitled Moonshiner's Daughter: Growing Up Poor in the Smokies . . . How Did We Survive?.  The book tells Messer's story of growing up in Haywood County in extreme circumstances of poverty, family discord, and outright abuse. It's a compelling story, and Messer has changed some of the names to protect the identies of the innocent people involved.

Moonshiner's Daughter (Paperback)

By Mary J. Messer

$14.95

ISBN-13: 9780578054209
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Doing Well Now Publishers, 7/2010

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