It's the view from this window where Nellie gets her first warning that her life with Hobbs, who she barely knows anything about, has put her in danger. Hobbs cast his spell over this naïve seventeen-year-old with his smooth talking ways and blue eyes that made Nellie 'see life his way in an instant.'ĭespite her mama's warnings - she saw death in the tea leaves - Nellie marries Hobbs Pritchard and they head back up the mountain to a big drafty house with a gigantic fireplace and a window that overlooks the nearby woods and tumbling river. A mean-spirited moonshiner who runs this Depression era mountain village like a crime boss, Hobbs first woos young Nellie Clay from a church soup line in Ashville where she and her mama are serving folks worse off than themselves. All five women are intricately connected to one man, Hobbs Pritchard, the menace of Black Mountain. Others followed.Īlong with four other women who narrate this page-turning tale, young Nellie must learn the hard way that sometimes our choices in life will haunt us forever. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.įrom the moment I started reading 'Ghost On Black Mountain,' Nellie Pritchard walked into my heart and took up residence. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice.

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