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The Unquiet Earth by Denise Giardina
The Unquiet Earth by Denise Giardina











The Unquiet Earth by Denise Giardina

She cannot cope with the shame and guilt of loving him. Rachel, however, does not want to marry him. He cannot bear the thought of losing her. Dillon decides that, no matter what anyone says, he is marrying Rachel. Eventually, she climbs to safety and runs back to her family. Dillon watches helplessly as the current drags Rachel further away. Dillon runs after her, but his mother stops him from jumping into the water. One day, she falls into a river, and the strong current pulls her downstream. She doesn’t think it is right to marry her first cousin. He tells her how he feels, but she rejects him. As Dillon matures, he realizes that he can’t deny his romantic feelings for Rachel. She might only be sixteen, two years older than Dillon, but he looks up to her. Although Dillon finds Rachel attractive, he is primarily drawn to her because she remembers his father. Lloyd, and she often talks of him to Dillon. More than anything, Dillon wants to restore his father’s memory and rebuild his mining legacy.ĭillon’s cousin, Rachel, is the second narrator. His father, a union organizer, died during a violent labor dispute outside a closed mine. When the book begins, he is a fourteen-year-old living with his mother. There are three narrators in The Unquiet Earth, all belonging to the same family. The town’s declining industrial wealth and its decreasing mining activity link everything together. Although The Unquiet Earth centers on life in a mining town, it is also a story about unrequited love, and how romantic disappointments can shape families for many generations. Giardina is an ordained Episcopal Church deacon, a former state governor candidate, and a community activist.

The Unquiet Earth by Denise Giardina

The Unquiet Earth is based on Giardina’s own unique experience of life in the West Virginia coalfields.

The Unquiet Earth by Denise Giardina

Giardina is a novelist who enjoys exploring theological and religious issues through her writing. Giardina’s third novel, the book won the 1992 Weatherford Award and the 1993 American Book Award. The Unquiet Earth (1992) is a historical novel by Denise Giardina about the impact large coal companies have on a small mining town in West Virginia.













The Unquiet Earth by Denise Giardina