Lost River

by Grace Hawthorne

Everybody in Lost River has a story of survival, even the dogs. There are big stories like the Bataan Death March, the Spanish Flu epidemic and POW camps in Georgia.And small stories like how Inky got his name, how Boot found a home, how the women hornswoggled the men in an election and how a little doohickey saved the town from financial ruin.Small towns and the people who live in them are tough, resilient, optimistic and sometimes downright funny.It's only when you learn their back stories that you can appreciate who they really are. Welcome to Lost River.

Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2021

About the author

I am Yankee born and Southern raised. Born in New Jersey, grew up in Louisiana, lived in Texas, Germany, New York City and now Georgia.
Ever since I got my first byline in junior high, I’ve been a writer, mostly freelance. I’ve written advertising copy for septic tanks, the libretto for an opera, lyrics for Sesame Street and worked as an editor for Time-Life Books and a national storytelling magazine. At one point, I was full time-free lance writing the book and lyrics for children’s musicals. One of them, It’s Cool in the Furnace. According to the publisher, it is the longest selling children’s’ musical in sacred music history.

My first novel, Shorter’s Way, is a political love story about rambunctious Georgia politics in the 1920s. My second novel, Waterproof Justice, is a misadventure about 1940s madams, Mafia, mischief and mayhem in Louisiana.

Currently I am fixin’ to commence to get ready to start to think about my next book. Stay tuned.