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Sidney Saylor Farr is a special collections librarian at Berea College in Kentucky, and also the editor of Appalachian Heritage. Her writing has appeared in Mountain Life & Work, Appalachian Journal, Organic Gardening, and other publications.
"A good memoir offers impressive candor and surprises, and Sidney
Saylor Farr's book delivers both." --Sandra L. Ballard, editor of
Appalachian Journal and Listen Here: Women Writi
"Farr has consistently made important contributions to Appalachian
and American literature. Her poems, stories, essays and other
writings have revealed her beautiful voice and unique sensibility
as a woman, an Appalachian woman, to thousands of readers."
--Gurney Norman, author of Kinfolks: The Wilgus Stories
"Illustrative and poignant.... Farr describes details of old ways
of farming and gathering that will be new to many readers."--West
Virginia History
"Removed from romantic and stereotyped portrayals of southern
Appalachia, Farr's story is recommended for public and academic
libraries with a strong interest in the region, as well as for
readers who want to learn more about overcoming adversity."--Angela
Leeper "MCREVIEW.com "
"Sandra Ballard's understatement, 'A good memoir offers impressive
candor and surprises, and Sidney Saylor Farr's book delivers both,"
offers a meaningful start to describing a book full of revelations
that may leave you gasping."--Appalachian Heritage
"Sidney Saylor Farr is one of the godmothers of Appalachian
literature, with a unique understanding of the place and its
people. She has remarkable stories to tell and I, for one, am
anxious to hear them." --Silas House
"Sidney Saylor Farr writes of her life in the mountains of eastern
Kentucky with deep affection and unflinching candor.... My
Appalachia is both one person's extraordinary life story and a
first-hand look at life in the mountains in a time that is fading
from memory."--Kentucky Monthly
"Sidney Saylor Farr's My Appalachia is a memoir whose attractive
modesty cannot hide its profound love of place, affection for
people, and accuracy of detail. It is as redolent with time and
memory as a long-used smokehouse, yet fresh and lucid as a cold
spring water ringed with mossy rocks. Anyone who wishes to know
mountain life." --Fred Chappell, author of I Am One of You
Forever
"Sidney Saylor Farr's My Appalachia is a moving and inspirational
account of her most fascinating life. Though her narrative begins
and ends in Appalachia, the path she has traveled is like no other
and she seems to have walked it without one hint of the everyday
ennui so much a part of modern life. " --Linda DeRosier, author of
Creeker: A Woman's Journey
"The gift of this book is that Farr's pride in her roots and her
ability to tell a story shine though. It's easy to understand why
her work has won her repeatedrecognition for contributions to the
body of Appalachian literature."--Charleston Post and Courier
"The weight of Farr's family burdens is matched by a spirit
determined to flourish in this inspiring memoir." --George Ella
Lyon, author of With a Hammer for My Heart
"Without fail I found in Sidney the very embodiment of those
essential qualities that humanize scholarship, editing and writing,
what Jim Wayne Miller called a 'felt linkage' with the land or her
birth, her commitment to excellence, a spirit of cooperation, and
an abiding sense of humor. In this book we will see, I am sure,
that all of these traits of character were homegrown." --Robert J.
Higgs, coeditor of Appalachia Inside Out
Winner of the Appalachian Book of the Year Award.
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