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Ragdoll Angel

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This is a enjoyable light read that can be accomplished in a few days of ones leisure time. The discriptive text lends you a view of a place and time in the authors beloved home state. I enjoyed reading how each character evolved/developed and contributed to the tale. The authors research into the era is impecable and as a child of the 50's I was able to relate to many of the scenerios decribed in the story. So, what are you waitin' around for????.........pick yer'self up a copy, get'cha a cup o'joe, sit back and have a good read!

In the early fall of 1952, a coal baron hires his housekeeper's niece to help with the upkeep of his mansion at the outskirts of Oak Hill, West Virginia. With the niece comes an entity that will completely annihilate the peace, grace, and solitude that a well-earned semi-retirement has brought the baron. A four and one-half year-old loud, brash, brazen, energetic, opinionated, argumentative tyrant of a girl-child has come to roost at the baron's home.

When the peace is shattered and the knowledge of what is to be sinks in, the baron looks toward the heavens and wonders `what have I done to my self?' What evolves is a love/hate relationship that takes the baron completely by surprise. The absolute nonsense of a grown, successful man befriending and enjoying the company of a four year old, part-time heathen is nothing less than magic.

Then, in the midst of preparation for the Christmas holiday, she was gone.

Can a four year-old wreck the life of a well-established, respected coal baron? You betcha! Especially when that opinionated, energetic, wild child gets under his skin and into his heart. Just in time for Christmas, too, when she disappears from his life. Could the little girl's mentally unstable father have kidnapped her? Could disgruntled employees be holding her hostage for a ransom? Could the coal baron's heart really be broken by the loss of the tyrant-child who somehow became his best friend?

T.W. McNemar captured the lay of the land in Oak Hill, West Virginia, and the lay of the heart in the people of Appalachia. His voice reflects the melodious inflections of Appalachian dialect through his characters' dialogue, and his story depicts the magic of the region. You won't soon forget these mountain folk!

A MUST READ!

T. W.'s style was humorous, yet sincere with lingo and depth to get into the characters true personalities. This book is a work of art and should be included in libraries and personal collections. I didn't want the story to end and it did with a surprise. It's a short, day or evening read. Please do yourself a favor and read "Ragdoll Angel".