Pungo Creek Book

Following the murder of her father, 9 year old Clara finds herself on Pungo Creek in an old house shared with her Great Aunt Sarah, her mother Rose and her younger sister Ivy. Rose sinks into alcoholism and is unable to shield her daughters from the volatile tempers, destructive behavior, incest and bleakness that have permeated the lives of the women of Pungo Creek for generations.

Al Boss

I was swallowed up by Pungo Creek. I breathed in its cooling, brackish water and filled myself with it. I would have died like many others if it had been the actual water, but fortunately for me it was just the book. Pungo Creek climbs the family tree of the Foremans, following the lives of people whose tough existence has been bedeviled by poverty, alcoholism, violence, death, incest, and rape. It is a grim, gritty, and spellbinding tale. Brenda Mantz is a powerful storyteller.