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Southern Scenes
From Texas with its tall tales to the Atlantic states with their often Tara-sized dramas, these stories share some of the flavor of the South.  Print Friendly Format |
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Southern Exposure by Alice Adams [Fic Ada] During the 1930's, the Bairds move from Connecticut to Pinehill, North Carolina and find their lives changed, as they quickly become involved in the lives of the townspeople. |
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Excuse Me for Asking by Janis Arnold [Fic Arn] From Amazon.com: "Spanning some twenty years, from the 1970s to the present day, a story of friendship and dreams follows the lives of two women--Julia Salwell and Robin Tilton--from their first meeting in college through the realities of real life." |
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Hard to Catch Mercy by William Baldwin [Fic Bal] From BarnesandNoble.com: "In a small town in South Carolina in 1916, fourteen-year-old Willie T. Allson comes to manhood in a manner befitting the finest Southern tall tales." |
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Souls Raised from the Dead by Doris Betts [Fic Bet] From Publisher's Weekly: "… [Betts] chronicles a family in crisis and pain as a child battles a serious illness…" |
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Looking after Lily by Cindy Bonner [Fic Bon] From The Reader's Catalog: "In 1880s Texas, when an outlaw is obliged to look after his jailed brother's pregnant wife, he finds, through a series of adventures, that it's becoming harder and harder to tell who's looking after whom." |
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| Handsome Road by Gwen Bristow [Fic Bri] Corrie May Upjohn struggles to make a life for herself during the Civil War and Reconstruction-era south. |
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Bingo by Rita Mae Brown [Fic Bro] from Amazon.com: "…an outrageous, poignant, and surprising story of passion, rivalry, and small-town fun." |
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Body of Knowledge by Carol Dawson [Fic Daw] From Amazon.com: "Hugely overweight recluse Victoria Grace Ransom, sole remnant of a strange dynasty built selling ice and Model Ts in post-frontier Texas, unfolds her family's twisted history, gradually revealing her own engrossing secret." |
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