This coming of age story chronicles a child’s struggle between remaining loyal to her family of origin and the desire to flee from its terror. The memoir is seen through the eyes of Deborah, the eldest of three children born to an unlikely couple: an Oakey sailor and an English nurse, who are both reeling […]

In the years following World War II, a town too proud of its virtues has to deal with its first murder. Despite the implication of the crime, the town of Beneficent, Mississippi, population 479, tries to hold onto its vain image. The young veteran Jack Davis wholeheartedly believes the town’s idyllic vision. He tries to […]

How do you start over when you gave everything to one life, one plan, and lost it all? Althea refuses to allow herself to love again. Imprisoned in grief at twenty-four after her husband’s sudden death, she’s convinced her heart died along with him. She spends her days honoring his memory by clinging to the […]

How many times have you assumed that you knew somebody? Are you sick and tired of not being able to understand people? Do you sometimes feel socially awkward around new people because you can’t really tell what their gestures are saying? What your own gestures are saying ? If so, then you’ve come to the […]