Tag: American South

Title: The Complete Stories Author: Flannery O’Connor Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971 Summary: When I travel, I like to read books written by authors from that part of the world. So, on a recent trip to Savannah, I finally picked up A Good...

Titles: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen and The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry Summary: It was sheer coincidence that I read these two novels back to back, so I thought it would be nice to review them together.  The two stories have a...

Title: The Prince of Frogtown Author: Rick Bragg Summary: This is the final volume in Rick Bragg’s Americana Saga: All Over But the Shoutin’ and Ava’s Man. Bragg finishes his collection of family stories with a tale about fathers and sons inspired by his...

Title: Soul Catcher Author: Michael White Summary:Augustus Cain has a dependency on laudanum, a weakness for gambling, and a talent for slave catching. When he gambles and loses his favorite horse to a wealthy tobacco planter, the only way to get him back is to...

Title: Mudbound Author: Hillary Jordan Summary: Halfway into Hillary Jordan’s debut novel, Mudbound, I knew that she had earned a place on my “Must Read Authors” list. This is a wonderful, beautiful, brutal, tragic, richly painted novel that is worthy of all of its...