More about her book, true vine. Good morning. Im alice carey. As a reviewer for book page ide read a lot of books and pun of my favorites is truevine. Took beg macy to 25 years to unearth the saga, requiring research to untang al history from truths and the result is deeply moving and endend leslie compelling two brothers, a kidnapping and a mothers question e quest and a true story of the jim crow south. Truevine has been short lift it ford the kirkus prize and long listed for the andrew her first book, New York Times bet ser factory man was an number russ numerous lists and is the currently being developed into a by tom hanks. Thank you. Truevine holiday pass all the almosts of a southern goth nick novel but its true. As a Young Journalist who required in roanoke no 1989 to write feature exteriors i took two years to muster the nerve to mess with nancy and she was the storys gatekeeper, the greet niece of hughes. She heard rumors in row yoke. Photo, the best story in town but no one
With the idea of writing a story about the famous great uncle, it was clear that all personal details were going to be closely held. Trickling out in dribs and drabs on nancys timeline. First time i could the sign said sit down and shut up. Willy was not now or ever be available for comment. So, hoping to generate goodwill for a goofuture story, i write about the restaurant the menu was not written down. I would commit this to memory. Tuesdays on spaghetti and lasagna and over other pork chops. Wednesday is first and country fried steaks, and friday is ribs, get there early because it sell out early. The lunch begins at 12 15 and not a moment before and later usually if nancy has to run home to check on uncle willie, in the midst of a bad day. And uncle willys favorite was spaghetti. And she kept a painted rock on the Cash Register it was a gift from her nephew when i returned to lunch two days after my story ran because rib fridays were my favorite. Nancy shook her finger at me and it
From the white house because this is kind of our capital a protest. This is where we had as a people go to yell at our present i mean, i was kidding about lafayette being an only child, but one of the most only at child things he said was, he said i did not hesitate to be disagreeable to preserve my independence. And so i think Lafayette Park or Lafayette Square as its also called embodies that spirits and even though we beat ourselves up in this country for how much bickering there it this is and how we cannot get along, i think that is annoying and timeconsuming, but also the source of our greatness and at the fact that we have this place across the street from our head of governments house where people as George Hw Bush said, they would beat those damn drums when i was trying to have dinner , i think this is something that we as a people and you and your city should be enormously proud of and i think the fact that it is named after lafayette, i think, that would probably be to him h
Join us for the next in the on the move historic slave buildings in Botetourt County are set to be relocated in a matter of hours, depsite opposition from those in the community. We all want to sincerely apologize to you on this incident despite that apology from Roanoke County officials, a Community Meeting on recent issues at Northside High School gets heated. And remembering a local legend. We take a look back at the life of al holland senior and his influence on roanokes rail history through the years. Good morning, its good morning, its tuesday, february 23rd. Thanks for starting your morning with good day virginia. Im kyle benjamin. And im deputies are still working to sort out a scare in bedford county. This was the scene along jordantown road in the stewartsville area of the county just after 8oclock. Our crew on the scene saw several people being interviewed and officers examining a damaged car. Right now, its still unclear if any shots were fired. Deputies tell wfxr news they
Citizen. Moist southeast winds aloft will run over the top of a cool wedgeof High Pressure at the surface. Resulting in rain across theregion tonight through tuesday. On wednesday. A strong storm system will move through the region from the southwest. Bringingheavy rain showers and gusty winds to the area. Canadian highpressure will then build into the region and bring much colder temperatures to the area into the weekend. On the move historic slave buildings in Botetourt County are set to be relocated in a matter of those in the community. We all want to sincerely apologize to you on this incident despite that apology from Roanoke County officials, a Community Meeting on recent issues at Northside High School gets heated. And remembering a local legend. We take a look back at the life of al holland senior and his influence on roanokes rail history through the years. Good morning, its tuesday, february 23rd. Thanks for starting your morning with good day virginia. Im kyle benjamin. And