Marcus L. Beavers, born in Atlanta in 1941, was the first of two children born to Lee and Aline Beavers of Macedonia. In 1963, the family moved back to their home community. Marcus worked for the Georgia DOT for ten years (1971-1981), and for the Veterans Administration for eighteen years, retiring in 2001. He now devotes most of his time to study, writing, and travel. He and his wife, Myra, a true helper in various way to members of the family and community, continue to live in Macedonia. He is the co-author of “Buffington and Macedonia in Days Gone By.”
From the farms and pastures of the north Georgia mountains, where pine trees grow in the brick red clay, the tradition of storytelling is alive and well. As rustic as a barbed wire fence, as homey as a light in the window, In the Pines is a collection of stories and poems told in the voice of a vanishing people. Funny, poignant, and reminiscent of events and personalities familiar to us all, you will come away feeling that someone in the book reminds you of a person you know. This is not a book about the magnolia and cotillion south, but about the lives of Appalachian people who lived a hardscrabble life at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains. So, take a journey into the lives of the Appalachian people and listen to the characters tell their stories of joys and struggles, and everyday life in the mountains, in the pines.
When Alex's father takes her to their favorite beach she brings a dandelion with her to make a special wish, but upon arrival she sees another little girl who might need the wish much more than she does..
