Whitcoulls recommends Chris Long and Tara Stringfellow

The Boy from Gorge River by Chris Long: 3rd book in a series about his family. There was originally A Life on Gorge River, and then A Wife on Gorge River and now the son of the family – he’s 30 – has written his story about growing up in such an incredibly remote location and what that was like and what it’s meant to his life. These people got off the grid long before most of the rest of us were thinking of it and I can’t imagine what it must have been like – four and a half days’ walk to civilisation back then, although it’s easier now. Does sound like a pretty idyllic existence though it must have also been very hard sometimes. 
Memphis by Tara Stringfellow. Set in Memphis, Tennessee about three generations of women in a Black family and one daughter’s discovery that she has the power to change the family legacy. I think it’s probably a real homage to the city, but it’s also a terrific story about women in difficult circumstances who are very tough, because they’ve had to learn to be.

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