Aunt Granny Lith (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Chris Offutt
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Plot: Regional
- Time of Work: The 1960's and 1980's
- Setting: The Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky
- Principal Characters: Beth, Casey, Nomey, Lil, Aunt Granny Lith
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, Husbands, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Wives, Folkloric or magical people, Twentieth century, Supernatural, Marriage, Rural or country life, 1980’s, Women, Loyalty, Folklore, Mountain life, Witches or witchcraft, Devils or demons, Appalachia, Kentucky, Omens, Luck or misfortune
- Locales: Kentucky
The Story
This modern folktale of the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky begins in the present time with Beth retrieving her drunken husband from the clutches of a local woman of dubious reputation. Casey has made his yearly batch of moonshine and has gone on a two-week bender, ending up at the house of Lil, their nearest neighbor. After a knockdown, hair-pulling fight between the two women, Beth begins the trip home with Casey but has an accident that sends the pickup truck into the creek.
When Beth walks the two miles home to get the mule and some chains to pull...
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