The Suburbs of Scutchalo

by Tom Chapman

We're of the true South and we appreciate our stories. We are practiced listeners and weavers of words. Everybody here has a story and is the story. "The Suburbs of Scutchalo" brings together the humor of a place and captures the essence of a region both long forgotten and richly remembered through stories passed around and nourished by generations living in this tiny corner of Mississippi and its wind-blown placing between Vicksburg and Natchez and closeness to Jackson. The author uses the vernacular of the region to convey the oral history of a people who faced hard times with resilience and humor. History written down already draws out ample yellow fever, war, all manner of pestilence, lost fortune, and a hundred sorry states. The intent of "The Suburbs of Scutchalo" is to revel in the absurd moments and stories arising in time to soften a difficult sunrise.

450 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 1, 2024

Reviews

[Tommy Chapman · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a first-time author, I'm told it's extremely well written. Readers have not made reviews back to Amazon, Book Mart and Cafe, store.bookbaby.com, Lorelei Books, Lemuria Books, Off Square Books and others as I would wish, but highly respected friends have made the direct comment, "Tommy, you are a talented writer." University Press of Mississippi posted me as #7 on their "Top Ten Reads" for October 21, 2024, with the likes of Wright Thompson and The Barn, John Grisham and Camino Ghosts, Sally Rooney, Sean Kelly, Ina Garten and even Marshall Ramsey with his new children's hit, "Saving Sam." Please take time to Google Book Mart and Cafe for October 22, 2024, "Mississippi's Top Reads," for a full color display of that post. I find it awkward to fess up to just how good that lets me feel. Thank you, thank you for your patience!!!

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