Product Description: Cooper Lanier has been surrounded by politics her entire life. Her late father, Cleve Spainhour, was a beloved two-term Southern governor, as was her husband, Pickett Lanier. Now, Cooper is taking office as governor herself, succeeding Pickett as he campaigns for president...read more

Product Description: Set in an off-the-map British Colony in Central Africa in the early 1930's, The Governor's Lady portays a host of interesting characters: young Harold Stebbs, bachelor, newly appointed to the Governor's secretariat in Amimbo; the Governor, Sir Gardnor Hackforth, already something of a Pro-consular legend in the Service, and tipped by The Times for the next Viceroyship; Mr...read more

Worried that the Trustees will oust her as director of Peaceful Valley Orphanage, Mrs. Frump tries to make Christmas unforgettable for the eight orphans known as The Hooligans, while a singer from a nearby town must decide between staying home and seeking his fortune.Mrs. Frump, the director of the Peaceful Valley Orphanage, tries to make Christmas unforgettable for the eight orphans known as The Hooligans, while a singer from a nearby town must decide between staying home and seeking his fortune.

When a nasty conglomerate buys his station and tosses him out, TV weatherman Will Bagget's seemingly perfect life collapses around him until Wingfoot Bagget, a long-lost cousin, arrives on his doorstep and takes him back to the New South, where Will must come to terms with his history in order to solve all the problems in his life. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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The author offers his perspective on small-town life in the South with a series of vignettes that focus on the characters and events he observes in his hometown. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Book by Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (N. C.)

Cantankerous Jake Tibbetts, editor of the town newspaper, struggles to find meaning in a world he thought he understood, when the Second World War shakes the lives of everyone in his small Southern community

During the summer of 1979 in the small town of Moseley, Georgia, that bears his family name, young Trout Moseley tries to strike a balance between his heritage and his need for an individual identity. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Coming of age in the small Southern town that bears his family name, Trout Mosley struggles to free himself from the burdens of his mentally disturbed mother and his volatile, obese, Methodist preacher of a father. Tour.

Widow Bright Birdsong, a strong old woman, reflects back on her life, defined by her roles of daughter, wife, and mother, as she faces a family crisis, racial conflict, and a chance to right old wrongs

Widow Bright Birdsong, a strong old woman, reflects back on her life, defined by her roles of daughter, wife, and mother, as she faces a family crisis, racial conflict, and a chance to right old wrongs