Southern Fiction – The Wayward Reader

The House of Cotton by Monica Brashears

December 12, 2022 Comments Off

Publisher: Flatiron Books Publication Date: 4/4/2023 Pages: 304 pgs. Nineteen-year-old Magnolia just lost her grandmother. Mama Brown was the only stability in her life. Magnolia’s mother, Cherry, became drug-addicted and abandoned her. Mama Brown raised Magnolia and taught her about life. Magnolia helped by working at the local gas station at night. Now that Mama […]

When The Moon Turns Blue by Pamela Terry

December 9, 2022 Comments Off

Publisher: Ballantine Books Publication Date: February 21, 2023 Length: 320 pages A well-loved member of the Wesleyan, Georgia community has died. After his funeral, an ice storm hits the town causing power outages. His widow, Marietta, shelters two friends and her sister-in-law from the storm’s aftereffects. As they awaken to their ice-covered town, one thing […]