02242cam a2200337 i 4500 1034010497 TxAuBib 20231106120000.0 230119t20232020||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020019774 9781950564323 paperback 1950564320 paperback (OCoLC)1368277128 TxAuBib rda Clapsaddle, Annette Saunooke,. Even as we breathe [PB] : a novel / Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle. Paperback edition. Lexington, Kentucky : Fireside Industries Books, an imprint of the University Press of Kentucky, 2023. ©2020. 231 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Nineteen-year-old Cowney Sequoyah yearns to escape his hometown of Cherokee, North Carolina, in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. When a summer job at Asheville's luxurious Grove Park Inn and Resort brings him one step closer to escaping the hills that both cradle and suffocate him, he sees it as an opportunity. With World War II raging in Europe, the inn is the temporary home of Axis diplomats and their families, who are being held as prisoners of war. Soon, Cowney's refuge becomes a cage when the daughter of one of the residents goes missing and he finds himself accused of abduction and murder. Even As We Breathe invokes the elements of bone, blood, and flesh as Cowney navigates difficult social, cultural, and ethnic divides. After leaving the seclusion of the Cherokee reservation, he is able to explore a future free from the consequences of his family's choices and to construct a new worldview, for a time. However, prejudice and persecution in the white world of the resort eventually compel Cowney to free himself from larger forces that hold him back as he struggles to unearth evidence of his innocence and clear his name"-- Provided by publisher. 20231106. Cherokee Indians Fiction. North Carolina Fiction. Suspense fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) fast Novels. fast