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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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In Memory of Junior by Clyde Edgerton [Fic Edg] From Barnes & Noble.com: "A heartbreaking, side-splitting new novel of life, death, and family in the South…. The whole Bales family is buzzing over which of its oldest members will pass on first, what will be passed down to whom, and what will happen when a black-sheep uncle comes home." |
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg [Fic Fla] From Amazon.com: "The tale of two women: the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth, who ran a little place in Whistle Stop, Alabama, back in the thirties. Their southern-style cafe offered good barbecue, good coffee, and all kinds of love and laughter--not to mention an occasional murder." Suggested for all ages |
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Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons [Fic Gib] From Amazon.com: "One of the most talked-about and endearing first novels in years bears the story of a female Huck Finn and her search for a true home." |
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Summer Gloves by Sarah Gilbert [Fic Gil] From Amazon.com: "When Pammy Outlaw discovers that her husband of fifteen years is cheating, the former Miss America pageant fourth runner-up packs her bags and heads for her childhood home in New Jersey." |
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Light Can be Both Wave and Particle by Ellen Gilchrist [Fic Gil] From Valerie Miner - Women's Review of Books: "Ellen Gilchrist's stories read like the conversation of a speedy, cologned Southern lady with a hilariously irreverent taste for the anecdotal. . . ." |
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Natchez by Pamela Jekel [Fic Jek] From the Publisher: "Natchez tells the tale of four generations of proud, strong-willed women…." |
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Tending to Virginia by Jill McCorkle [Fic McC] From Library Journal: "Fears and insecurities about her future and a sense of detachment from her present life drive young, married, pregnant Virginia Sue Turner Ballard to the people and places most familiar to her." |
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The Truest Pleasure by Robert Morgan [Fic Mor] From Booklist: "Ginny and Tom, who live in the North Carolina mountains at the turn of the century, marry for mutual convenience: she needs someone to manage her aging father's extensive properties, and he has a visceral need to farm land he can eventually call his own. Love grows as they strive to understand and respect one another." |
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