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Denise Giardina

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Often labelled an Appalachian writer, or a historical novelist, Denise Giardina describes herself as a theological writer, exploring fundamental issues of faith and belief through literary characters.

Born and raised in the West Virginia coalfields, Giardina is an ordained Episcopal Church deacon, a community activist and a former candidate for the WV state governorship.

Her novels, fictionalizing historical characters and events, have been critically acclaimed and recognised with a number of literary prizes.

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Average rating: 4.03 · 4,869 ratings · 615 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Storming Heaven 4.11 avg rating — 2,163 ratings — published 1987 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emily's Ghost 3.73 avg rating — 850 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unquiet Earth 4.24 avg rating — 738 ratings — published 1992 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saints and Villains 4.10 avg rating — 706 ratings — published 1998 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good King Harry: A Novel 3.80 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1984 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fallam's Secret 3.54 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thunder on the Mountain: Death at Massey and the Dirty Secrets behind Big Coal by Peter A. Galuszka, Denise Giardina (Foreword) 3.55 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Talking Appalachian: Voice, Identity, and Community by Amy D. Clark (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nancy M. Hayward (Editor), Michael Ellis (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silas House: Exploring an Appalachian Writer's Work by Sylvia Shurbutt (Editor), Denise Giardina (Foreword), Adam Booth (Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ballantine Reader's Circle Reader by Jane Smiley (Goodreads Author), Mark Childress (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Berg 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I have traveled outside the mountains, but never lived apart from them. I always feared mountains would be as jealous, as unforgiving, as any spurned lover. Leave them and they may never take you back. Besides, I never felt a need to go. There is enough to study in these hills to last a lifetime.”
― Denise Giardina, Storming Heaven

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“Every way I turned the lush green peaks towered over me. Had it been winter or spring, they would have been iron gray or dappled with pink and white dogwood, sarvis, and redbud, but always they would be there, the mountains, their heights rounded by the elements like relics worn smooth by the hands of reverent pilgrims.”
― Denise Giardina, Storming Heaven

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“And what more can God do,' he asks, 'then to take on flesh and suffer every humiliation and every fear and every pain that humanity suffers? What more without destroying human freedom?”
― Denise Giardina, Saints and Villains

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What book would you like to read for our September 2024 Group Read? The theme is Mountains.

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Fantasy

16 votes 19.8%

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Classics

13 votes 16.0%

The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Historical Fiction

11 votes 13.6%

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Literary Fiction

11 votes 13.6%

Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Fantasy

11 votes 13.6%

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
Classics

6 votes 7.4%

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
Science Fiction, Thriller

5 votes 6.2%

Gods of Howl Mountain by Taylor Brown
Historical Fiction

4 votes 4.9%

Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina
Historical Fiction

3 votes 3.7%

The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton
Historical Fiction

1 vote 1.2%

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