Hemlock Hollow, Culley Holderfield
Hemlock Hollow, Culley Holderfield
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Hemlock Hollow

Author: Culley Holderfield

Narrator: Elisabeth Ashby

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/26/2023


Synopsis

"Past and present, love and loss intertwine in a magical mountain hollow. Holderfield's love of place shines in his sensitive descriptions while his storytelling enthralls the reader." —Vicki Lane, author of And the Crows Took Their Eyes

Caroline McAlister, college professor and lifelong skeptic, is reeling from the loss of her father and her marriage. Her once promising career has come to a standstill. When her father bequeaths the family cabin to her, it comes with a ghost who haunted her childhood. When she discovers a century-old journal in the attic, she awakens the voice of Carson Quinn. The journal reveals Carson's love for the same hollow that enthralled Caroline growing up. A little sleuthing uncovers rumors that the kind, curious boy in the journal grew up to murder his brother. Caroline plunges into the project of exonerating Carson, only to find herself in the throes of a personal past she's spent her life trying to avoid. Hemlock Hollow is about how we forever haunt the places we love and how they haunt us in return.

About Culley Holderfield

Culley Holderfield learned to love storytelling on the porch of a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill, he ventured to South America, Africa, and Europe. When not writing or working in community development finance, he spends his time hiking, paddling, and wandering the outdoors. His short stories and poetry have appeared in a variety of publications. Hemlock Hollow is his debut novel. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Melora on September 14, 2022

I couldn’t stop reading this novel!! It's full of mystery, ghosts, drama, history, love, and connections. Culley Holderfield beautifully describes North Carolina’s western forests and landscapes with his easy literary prose. The magic of Hemlock hollow is shared through the centuries with such deft......more

Goodreads review by "Avonna on January 25, 2023

Check out all my reviews at: [URL not allowed] HEMLOCK HOLLOW by Culley Holderfield is a lyrical and moody southern fiction novel with intertwining murder mystery and family history storylines from the past and present set in the Northern Carolina mountains. This book is more literary......more

Goodreads review by Mimi on September 08, 2022

When it comes to this astonishing book by Culley Holderfield, I got lucky. A good six and a half years before the rest of the world was invited into Hemlock Hollow, Culley Holderfield invited me to edit an early draft. As with all great writers who know the power of revision, Culley has transformed......more

Goodreads review by Allie on June 22, 2022

Culley Holderfield's complex and stirring depiction of Appalachia reflects the beating heart of the south. Mark Twain stated, "The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter- 'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning." Holderfield knows......more

Goodreads review by Lolly K Dandeneau on December 05, 2022

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