- Title: Poplar Hill
- Author: Stephen Ramey Glines
- Genre: Literature, Fiction
- Length: 274 pages
- Publisher: Wilderness House Press
- Publication Date: June 10, 2019
Poplar Hill – Synopsis
She was cold, she was alone, and she knew she was going to die.
In the middle of an epic ice storm, Kitty Stevenson, an eccentric old woman, self-exiled to rural Canada from New York society, realizes that she is having a heart attack. She had survived Nazi Germany – she can survive this too. Her neighbors mount a heroic effort to save her. She lives to tell her tale of self-reliance, incredible wealth, poverty, and escape on the eve of a World War. Kitty is ultimately confronted by what she perceives as a personal moral failure.
A strong character, Kitty Stevenson is molded by the Depression and toughened by an intense encounter with Nazi Germany. In the end, she has only one story left to tell: a tale of murder. But, “It was war, damn it, it was war.”
Poplar Hill is full of characters reminiscent of E. Annie Proulx’sThe ShippingNews, as well as Farley Mowatt’s fiction, with a touch of Tinkers by Paul Harding.
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About the Author
Stephen. Glines, in addition to being the editor of Wilderness House Literary Review, is an essayist, journalist, storyteller, occasional poet and bon vivant. His motto is, “The best is barely good enough.” Steve has published six books, only one of which might be considered even remotely “literary,” a travelogue about Fiji. He has been published in Ibbitson Review, the Belmont Citizen, the Littleton Independent, Unix Review, Technology Review and the Boston Globe among others. He has never been published in the Paris Review, the AntiochReview, Crazyhorse, The Atlantic Monthly and the Kenyon Review. To these awesome credentials it should be added that he has never received a McArthur Award nor been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Still, for some reason, people like what he writes and, on occasion, even pay him for it.
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Poplar Hill: She was cold, she was alone, and she knew she was going to die. In the middle of an epic ice storm, Kitty Stevenson, an eccentric old woman
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What a powerful premise! Poplar Hill seems to capture both the resilience and complexities of Kitty Stevenson’s life against the backdrop of war and hardship. Stephen Ramey Glines crafts a vivid tale that weaves survival, self-reflection, and history into a gripping narrative. I’m intrigued to uncover Kitty’s story.