Heaven Is a Beautiful Place - 9781611175233

Heaven Is a Beautiful PlaceA Memoir of the South Carolina Coast in Conversation with William P. Baldwi\nAuthor(s): Genevieve C. Peterkin, William P. Baldwin, Lee G. Brockington\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of South Carolina Press, United States\nImprint: University of South Carolina Press\nISBN-13: 9781611175233, 978-1611175233\nSynopsis\nBorn in 1928 in the small coastal town of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, Genevieve Sister Peterkin grew up with World War II bombing practice in her front yard, deep-sea fishing expeditions, and youthful rambles through the lowcountry. She shared her bedroom with a famous ghost and an impatient older sister. But most of all she listened. She absorbed the tales of her talented mother and her beloved friend, listened to the stories of the regions older residents, some of them former slaves, who were her friends, neighbors, and teachers.\n\nIn this new edition she once again shares with readers her insiders knowledge of the lowcountry pla.