Carolina Quote by T. R. Pearson

“A seamlessly told and scrupulously detailed history of the Hartsoe clan of Haw County, North Carolina, Love and Lament is that rare novel that brings the gritty, rural past to vivid life. I could very nearly smell the moonshine (the moonshiners too!). Pass a few hours with Mary Bet Hartsoe and…” quote by T. R. Pearson — Download Open image

“A seamlessly told and scrupulously detailed history of the Hartsoe clan of Haw County, North Carolina, Love and Lament is that rare novel that brings the gritty, rural past to vivid life. I could very nearly smell the moonshine (the moonshiners too!). Pass a few hours with Mary Bet Hartsoe and family. You won't regret it.”

T. R. Pearson

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (5 ratings)

Carolina Clans County History Hours Lament Life Love Mary Moonshine North carolina Novel Past Regret Smell Time Vivid

More by T. R. Pearson

“They were the Epperson sisters, and they had distinguished themselves in the minds of the Neelyites by going from reasonably normal to unquestionably insane…

T. R. Pearson

Image

For most people who write, writing is a compulsion. If I could be healed of it, I would, and I think a lot of…

T. R. Pearson

Image

There is a difference between writing and being an author. Authors talk. I'm standing here talking now. This has nothing to do with writing.

T. R. Pearson

Image

Explore all 4 T. R. Pearson quotes

More Carolina quotes

South Carolina, as a matter of compromise, displays the Confederate flag on a flagpole in front of the state capitol. Because I grew up…

John Edwards

Image

Carolina beach music," Dupree said, coming up on the porch. "The holiest sound on earth.

Pat Conroy

Image

I believe that many lives around us now can reflect this strange pattern of migration and movement. The question is: are we aware of it, and do we embrace it as a kind of birthright? I do. And yet, I feel deeply connected to at least two homespaces - Jamaica and Ghana, and more recently, South Carolina.

Kwame Dawes

I’m pissed off at my Republican family back in North Carolina, several of whom came to my wedding, but who went right back and are voting for homophobes and acting like it doesn’t matter. It does matter and it’s time for the queers in this country to start saying so to their families. I think we’ve all cut them too…

Armistead Maupin

Well, I'm from the South originally. I grew up in South Carolina definitely learning about manners and being proper and having to go to…

Anna Camp

Image

I'm a southern girl, and I grew up with this slightly schizophrenic upbringing where I bounced back and forth between Atlanta, Georgia, and a…

Lauren Myracle

Image

We were in Greenville, South Carolina, where he lived, and he was coming the next day to the show, but he passed away the night before. I was very close to my grandfather. He was the first guy to teach me how to ride a motorcycle, so (his death) meant a lot to me. It just gave me a perspective…

Bret Michaels

I was about 16 years old years when my father took me to a square dance festival in North Carolina. For the first time…

Pete Seeger

Image

Then it was that the exports of slaves from Virginia and the Carolinas was so great that the population of those States remained almost,…

Henry Charles Carey

Image

The University of North Carolina-Greensboro has ordered a Christian club to allow non-Christians as leaders. While we're at it, let's put high school dropouts in charge of the University.

Fred Thompson