Providence, VA

by Michael Abraham, Sally Shupe (Editor), Jane Abraham (Editor)

Samantha Reisinger is a 17-year old violin prodigy from a wealthy New Jersey family. She has inherited a priceless Cremonese violin from her grandfather and is schooled in the classics. Becoming enamored with traditional Appalachian music, she decides to visit the venerable Old Fiddlers Convention in Southwest Virginia. While there performing, tragedy strikes, leaving her seemingly trapped and orphaned. Providence, VA is the story of how she and her tiny host community deal with an epic disaster.

398 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 2, 2012

About the author

I was born, raised, and educated in the heart of Appalachia, Southwest Virginia. I somehow earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech, the hardest thing I've ever done. Still stumbling through my career, I have done engineering, sales, marketing, and management.
Other than ten years in Seattle, Washington, I have lived in Virginia my entire life.
I am owner/manager of an industrial condominium in Christiansburg and is co-owner with his wife, Jane, of Pocahontas Press, a publishing firm specializing in regional Appalachian fiction and non-fiction.
I enjoy backpacking, motorcycling, bicyling, walking, and juggling.
My wife Jane and I have one grown daughter.

Reviews

[Tami · Rating 3 out of 5]

Possible spoilers. This was a pretty good book. It had the potential of being a great book. I had a really hard time finding Sammie to be credible. She is a 17/18 year old girl doing things and voluntarily doing things that no teenage kid would likely do. Canning and dehydrating without any instruction or help is likely beyond what a rich kid would be able to do. The lesbian angle had no part in this book. Fortunately it was a very small part. It added nothing to the story line. IMO. And it was never explained about the disappearances so we are in the dark about that as well. I also feel that in a situation like that, those canning lids would've been better put to use as canning lids instead of currency. That was also not credible. Mountain folks would've been putting food by.
I still enjoyed the book despite the shortcomings.

[Michele Rice Carpenter · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about life without electrical and other infrastructure. People come together in a small community to take care of each other, including two strangers. They work to bring some power to essential areas, such as the nursing home. Some work well together; others don't.

I enjoyed this book. I would recommend it to anyone interested in learning how to prepare for emergencies.