Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia | 2020 | Emma Copley Eisenberg | Buy |
The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia (2020) is Emma Copley Eisenberg’s nonfiction debut. The book investigates the 1980 murders of two young women who were hitchhiking to a Rainbow Gathering in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, and the decades-long impact on the local community.
Eisenberg spent years living in the area where the murders occurred, and the book blends investigative journalism with personal memoir and regional history. The result goes well beyond a standard true crime narrative, examining rural poverty, outsider perceptions of Appalachia, and how a community lives with an unresolved crime.