{"title":"Eva McCall","description":"Eva McCall is the author of the popular Edge of Heaven, Children of the Mountain, Lucy's Recipe for Mountain Living, Murder on Haint Branch and Button Box books. Eva is a native of Franklin North Carolina, spending her childhood with the grandmother that she portrays in her books, Lucy Davenport Carpenter. She graduated from Franklin High School, and attended Pfeiffer College. After marrying her husband, George McCall, they moved to Michigan where George worked for General Motors, and Eva became a beautician. Eva began taking writing classes at Oakland University and Mott Community College, where she then was a member of several professional writing groups. Since the release of her earlier books, which have sold thousands of copies, many fans awaited the release of \"Murder on Haint Branch\", which Eva says was the most fun writing. In early 2014, Eva published \"Button Box\", a Civil War novel that was written over a decade ago. In addition to her published works, Eva has another manuscript written, and several other ideas in the works.","products":[{"product_id":"murder-on-haint-branch-paperback","title":"Murder on Haint Branch - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eMurder on Haint Branch is an 80,000 word mystery novel set in Western North Carolina. Infidelity, moonshining, a crooked lawman, and a self-serving preacher are the building blocks for the novel. From the moment the sheriff tells Eula Sanders that her son, Charlie, has been shot, until the last few pages where we find out why Charlie died, the reader is given a glimpse into the way life really was for the Appalachian People in the early forties. \"They said he shot hisself, but you don't shoot yourself through the heart with a shotgun and lay it back down on the bed by your side. At least that's what my granny said the day Sheriff Carlson told her that my Uncle Charlie had been found shot dead and lying on his brother's bed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51438437335263,"sku":"9780988943100","price":20.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/N8HaovmD9i9780988943100.webp?v=1790097113"},{"product_id":"button-box-paperback","title":"Button Box - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho would think one stolen roll could cause so much commotion and land Abigail Sloan in the grips of a complete stranger; a stranger who will save her from a life on the streets of New Orleans. But there is a price for everything, and Abigail will pay in ways that will haunt her in years to come.Button box is a fast-paced 96,000 word historical fiction set during the Civil war. It clearly shows the lengths that human beings, black or white, will go to protect the ones they love. Slaves are used to harvest tobacco, men to breed young slave girls, and the women to pleasure white men. Some make plans to murder their master while others plan their own death and others plan to escape. Abigail Sloan learns the hard lessons of life during the Civil War, but is comforted by her button box, symbolizing all of humankind; all shapes, sizes and colors, living together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67840291864799,"sku":"9780988943155","price":21.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/5Ham_ZQYid9780988943155.webp?v=1790801523"},{"product_id":"edge-of-heaven-paperback","title":"Edge of Heaven - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdge of Heaven depicts stories that were heard from the real Lucy Davenport Carpenter. Edge of Heaven is a spirited account of family life in western North Carolina at the turn of the century. In the late 1890s, rural life was often threatened by illness, poverty, and violence, but was softened by the love of family and the surrounding beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains. This 15-year anniversary edition recaptures the magic readers felt by McCall's imagination that brilliantly incorporates fact with fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67918108819679,"sku":"9780988943131","price":20.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/z8wfdIEqqq9780988943131.webp?v=1791046380"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/eva-mccall.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}