Beneath the Pines Author:Janet Beard “A thoroughly engaging read by an enormously gifted storyteller.”?Julie MarsIn 1957, Mary Alice was a rebellious teenager in love with a rich Yankee boy who had just moved to her small Virginia mountain town?much to the chagrin of her God-fearing mother, Lavinia. By 2004, Mary Alice has become a spinster biology teacher who hasn&rsqu... more »o;t spoken to her mother in over forty years.When Lavinia dies, Mary Alice’s niece, Claire, inherits the family house and moves to Virginia, bringing along a deep curiosity about her family’s dark past?and plenty of emotional baggage of her own.« less