![]() 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 is based on Giardina’s own unique experience of life in the West Virginia coalfields. ![]() 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. ![]()
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