Southern Lit


To Kill a Mockingbird
The Help
As I Lay Dying
Gone With the Wind
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
The Sound and the Fury
The Secret Life of Bees
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Light in August
Where the Crawdads Sing
The Color Purple
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
Janice Daugharty
Dogwood Blues by Brenda Sutton Rose is a masterful work of classic small-town fiction.
Janice Daugharty

I have learn'd Poppy that people come an' go. Only Jesus is your true friend. And even He had Judas. Git rid of your Judas. Like your sister. Marc has lost his mind. Buying one gift for her an' anoth'r for Cherie. That boy bet'r git himself home. There's ain't no blessing in sin, I tell ya. The devil roams, he prowls Poppy and a man's heart is fertile territory. ...more
Toni Orrill

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