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Verbena Verbena Nanci Kincaid "Set in contemporary small town America, this is the story of Verbena Martin Eckert McHale ("Bena," for short), an indomitable woman who is damned - but not doomed - by the bad behavior and bad luck … OL12758W
Heart of Dixie Heart of Dixie Tami Hoag An All-American Smile, and Blue Eyes a Girl Could Drown In... Writer Jake Gannon couldn't believe it - his brand-new Porsche had overheated in the middle of nowhere, and now he was being towed by … OL134429W
Jacob's Way Jacob's Way Gilbert Morris Fleeing a bloody pogrom that threatens their tiny Russian village, Reisa Dimitri and her grandfather, Jacob, sail the ocean to a new life in America. They are swiftly embraced by New York's Jewish co… OL14854729W
All the King's Men All the King's Men Robert Penn Warren The story is about Willie Stark, a slick politician of humble birth, who was based on real-life Huey Long, a Louisiana governor, but the real main character is Jack Burden, a reporter who serves to n… OL14858283W
The heart is a lonely hunter The heart is a lonely hunter Carson McCullers Set in 1930s Georgia, the novel centers around a deaf and mute man, John Singer. Singer has been devastated by the loss of his dear friend, Antonapoulos, who was committed to an asylum for bad behavi… OL14864437W
Collected stories Collected stories Ellen Gilchrist For the first time, a compilation of Ellen Gilchrist's best & best-loved short stories, selected by the author herself from her fifteen previous works of fiction. With the publication of 1983's The A… OL15131406W
Uncle Tom's Cabin Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe This unforgettable novel tells the story of Tom, a devoutly Christian slave who chooses not to escape bondage for fear of embarrassing his master. However, he is soon sold to a slave trader and sent … OL152161W
Return fire Return fire Glenn Blake 96 p. ; 23 cm OL15408656W
Good fortune Good fortune Noni Carter Brutally kidnapped from her African village and shipped to America, a young girl struggles to come to terms with her new life as a slave, gradually rising from working in the fields to the master's h… OL15484094W
Grandmama's song Grandmama's song Margaree King Mitchell An eight-year-old girl accompanies her grandmother on a singing tour of the segregated South, both of them knowing that Grandmama's songs have the power to bring people together. OL158234W
Summer in the South Summer in the South Cathy Holton what amazon's preview is...After a personal tragedy, Chicago writer Ava Dabrowski quits her job to spend the summer in Woodburn, Tennessee, at the invitation of her old college friend Will Fraser and… OL15941320W
Letters to Missy Violet Letters to Missy Violet Barbara Hathaway While her friend Missy Violet, the town midwife, is away in Florida, eleven-year-old Viney concerns herself with ailing neighbors, schoolmates, and her irrepressible cousin Charles, who feels superio… OL15946590W
The Sunday wife The Sunday wife Cassandra King She's been married to a Methodist minister for 20 years, but Dean Lynch has never quite adjusted her temperament to the demands of a "Sunday wife." When she becomes friends with Augusta Holderfield, … OL16059680W
Ruth's Journey Ruth's Journey Donald McCaig Set against the backdrop of the American South from the 1820s until the dawn of the Civil War, this is a remarkable story of fortitude, heartbreak, and indomitable will - and a tale that will forever… OL17074980W
Rogue Lawyer Rogue Lawyer John Grisham,Mark Deakins Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works out of a customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, fine leather chairs, a hidden gun compartment, and a heavil… OL17362473W
A matter of souls A matter of souls Denise Lewis Patrick A series of vignettes reveal life in the Deep South for African Americans as they experience discrimination in a doctor's office, lynching, and other forms of oppression, especially during the 1960s. OL17822787W
Among the fair magnolias Among the fair magnolias Tamera Alexander,Elizabeth Musser,Shelley Shepard Gray,Dorothy Love "Four Southern women are at a turning point in history. and in their own hearts. To Mend a Dream by Tamera Alexander The Civil War cost Savannah Darby everything--her family and her home. When Aidan … OL17827252W
Homeplace Homeplace Anne Rivers Siddons After twenty-one years Micah (Mike) Winship is making the big move--she's going home for a visit. She hasn't been back since 1963, when her father threw her out, but now he is dying and asking for he… OL1810256W
Queen of broken hearts Queen of broken hearts Cassandra King Clare makes a living as a divorce coach to help men and women mend their broken hearts, all the while refusing to fall in love again herself, until she meets Lex, a charismatic sea captain and recent… OL18167639W
Southern Local Color Southern Local Color Barbara C. Ewell,Mark Twain,George Washington Cable,Joel Chandler Harris,Kate Chopin,Pamela Glenn Menke Conflict, exoticism, sensuality, eccentricity, and the sheer differences of the American South pervade this lively anthology, the first in fifty years to focus exclusively on the nineteenth-century t… OL19534366W
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