The Devil's Dream Book

Now back in print from the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Girls.

It was in 1833 or '34 that Moses Bailey brought young Kate Malone down to Cold Spring Holler to be his wife. But Moses, wanting to become a preacher like his daddy was, left Kate time and again to look after the kids while he went out in search of a sign from God. Though he warned them about the evils of playing the fiddle, a kind of music he likened to the devil's own laughter, it passed the time for his bride and children, and soon became not just a way of life for the Baileys, but a curse that would last for generations.

The author of Oral History writes a magically entertaining epic about the popular world of country music--"a beautifully told saga of a Southern singing family down through the ages" (Boston Globe. "Her best so far."--Pat Conroy.