> offers an intimate glimpse into a woman's life spent in Western North Carolina. Expressing a reverence for family, place, and friendship, the personal essays in All We Have Loved are a testament to the importance of preserving memories. Spanning from a mother's memories of the Great Depression in a WNC cotton mill village to the author's own 1960s upbringing and current life in rural WNC, this book will enlighten and entertain the reader.