Whiskey and Old Stogies, Lisa Angle
Whiskey and Old Stogies, Lisa Angle
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Whiskey and Old Stogies

Author: Lisa Angle

Narrator: Ray Cole

Unabridged: 8 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Humpback Books

Published: 06/01/2023


Synopsis

In 1920s North Carolina young Rufus leaves his family knowing nobody will miss him. He carries haunting secrets buried deep in his memory. When he falls in with the O’Haras he believes he found a home. He learns to make white lightening and prospers in selling it. Running moonshine leads him to dark places where he encounters rough culprits. A scheme gone wrong lands him in prison where he confronts the demons in his past.
Fifteen year-old Jolene O'Hara witnesses her mother killed in a feud. She must then fend for her younger brothers by herself. To survive she delves into the whiskey trade, turning heat up on the feud. From the illegal liquor boom of Prohibition she rakes in a fortune. With her charismatic ways she dares to wear men’s clothes and wield a Smith and Wesson. She attracts admirers, both male and female. The arrival of the Great Depression sends Jolene on a downward spiral. She suffers the loss of her business and people close to her.
Now out of prison Rufus gets what he longed for, he’s the only person Jolene can turn to. The looming feud added to her heavy drinking puts their relationship on a track to disaster.

Reviews

Whiskey and Old Stogies was a very enjoyable book. What really made the book for me was the characters. All characters were well written and sound like it very much relate to from my years living in the south. There were some times when the story didn’t flow well and I had to look back to see where w......more

Goodreads review by Reader

“Whiskey and Old Stogies” immediately hooked me when I learned about the author’s choice for the location and industry of her story: the backwoods hill country of North Carolina and the work of moonshiners. I believe that all avid readers want something they’ve never seen before; most of us also wis......more

Goodreads review by Laura

What I really enjoyed about this book was the feel of the time and place: North Carolina, 1920's through 1930's. The author really captured the speaking style and the backwoods thinking of these family clans. The storyline was engaging. And she did a good job of weaving a tale of a broken family tak......more

Goodreads review by Carol

Whiskey and Old Stogies By Lisa Angle A Review Genre: Historical Fiction Summary--The location is only mentioned once. It is North Carolina in 1924. The author has chosen to write about a time and place in history where people lived in the mountains in the Deep South. The people who lived there around th......more

Goodreads review by Donna

3 1/2 stars rounded to 4 🥃 If you enjoy Southern Gothic, you might want to pick up a copy of Whiskey and Old Stogies by Lisa Angle. 🥃Set in North Carolina during Prohibition, Rufus leaves his family thinking that they won’t miss him anyway, and ventures out on his own. On the way, he becomes entangl......more