Category: Southern fiction

Halley – This fine, intense #YA novel explores the harsh lives that women and children faced in 1930s rural Georgia – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Halley Faye Gibbons (NewSouth Books – hardcover, Kindle)   Life was tough in the mountains of  northeast Georgia during the Great Depression. And it was particularly hard for women, who had virtually no rights and no say in important matters, especially if they were unmarried. The rural mountain life also was tough for children, who … Continue reading Halley – This fine, intense #YA novel explores the harsh lives that women and children faced in 1930s rural Georgia – #bookreview

South, America – Action, mystery and gritty Southern noir – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

South, America A Jack Prine Novel Rod Davis (New South Books – paperback, Kindle) Here’s one way to get yourself into deep trouble: Try to perform a simple act of kindness. Jack Prine, the central character in this gritty, well-written new mystery novel, reluctantly tries to help a young woman understand what has happened to … Continue reading South, America – Action, mystery and gritty Southern noir – #bookreview

Man in the Blue Moon – Fine Southern fiction by Michael Morris – #bookreview #fiction

by Si Dunn

Man in the Blue Moon Michael Morris (Tyndale, paperback – Kindle) Book reviewers, particularly Southern U.S. book reviewers, frequently pick through new “Southern” novels looking for “echoes” of William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, Harper Lee, Eudora Welty, or Walker Percy. (I wish some of them also would look for echoes of that good but now almost-forgotten … Continue reading Man in the Blue Moon – Fine Southern fiction by Michael Morris – #bookreview #fiction