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The Fortunate Ones: A Novel

January 13, 2021

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Things are starting to turn around in Charlie Boykin’s life. The child of a single mother who works as a cocktail waitress, he’s been one of the only white boys at his school and in their Nashville ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: family saga, Southern life, wealth

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

December 11, 2020

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Beauregard (“Bug”) is a man dedicated to his work. His work being cars and anything to do with them, especially muscle cars. This means when Blacktop Wasteland begins, he’s also a man torn. He’s gone ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Southern life, suspense, thriller

When These Mountains Burn

August 21, 2020

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There are few things I love more than an evocative writer. Someone who makes me feel what and where they’re writing about. Two that come to mind immediately: Pat Conroy in Prince of Tides, not only ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, literary, social issues, Southern life

A Good Neighborhood

March 20, 2020

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I’ve enjoyed Therese Anne Fowler’s historical fiction for years, especially her novel Z, about Zelda Fitzgerald. So, I was interested to see what she would do with a novel about contemporary American ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, family, social issues, Southern life, St. Martin's Press

Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek

August 9, 2019

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Ellie’s life has never been what you’d call normal. Her mother is unusually high strung, enough so that having people over to the house or going out as a family is not feasible. But her father is the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Algonquin Books, childhood, coming-of-age, debut, literary, Southern life

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