Historic Flat Rock, North Carolina, in the 1930s, with its unique blend of Appalachian and Southern, low-country cultures is the setting for mystery, seduction, and murderous moonshiners in David Hubbells new novel, Flat Rock Harvest, published by Chapel Hill Press. Through a series of joys and hardships our young protagonist, Doug, comes of age. A woman seduces Doug, then rejects him, leaving him heartbroken. He is introduced to the area s rich history, and to medical practice as it was in the 1930s, and he is plunged into the still-controversial matter of abortion when a friend dies from a botched procedure.
