{"id":1971,"date":"2022-03-09T00:28:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T05:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warrenist.com\/calendar\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=1971"},"modified":"2022-03-09T00:28:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T05:28:47","slug":"nc-reads-the-last-ballad-wiley-cash","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/warrenist.com\/calendar\/events\/nc-reads-the-last-ballad-wiley-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Reads: &#8220;The Last Ballad&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NC READS: Virtual Statewide Book Discussions with the Author and Experts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Last Ballad<\/strong> by <strong>Wiley Cash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The New York Times bestselling author of the celebrated A Land More Kind Than Home and This Dark Road to Mercy returns with this eagerly awaited novel, set in the Appalachian foothills of North Carolina in 1929 and inspired by actual events. 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