PATCHWORK is a collection of short stories and essays/articles drawn for the most part from the life experience of Annis Ward Jackson who was born and grew up in the Appalachian Mountains near Boone, North Carolina during the nineteen fifties and sixties. The collection touches on family life, rough weather, mountain farming, folklore, mountain characters, long-held Appalachian traditions, wild-crafting, and some "just pure fiction " PATCHWORK has been described by a reviewer as a "good read without the stereotypes often applied to mountain people and their culture."