A vibrant new voice ups the self-deprecating memoir ante with tragicomic tales of her dysfunctional life in swampland Florida and America’s Big Easy. --Amazon.com

Pam and Mark Walker are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary with a week-long family reunion and a ceremony renewing their vows. But when Mark's brother-in-law starts broadcasting his radio talk show from Montis Inn, his disparaging remarks about small-town life cause immediate rifts that only widen when he sides with a real estate developer who wants to turn Lumby into an asphalt Aspen. As the controversy pits family against family, and neighbor...

After her mother's early death, Katharine, only 14 years old, takes on the woman-of-the-house role. While she throws herself into her domestic duties, she also throws herself into her studies, becoming an early feminist and suffragette. When Wilbur dies, Katharine steps in to take care of Orville, who is becoming increasingly reclusive. When Katharine becomes engaged to a mutual friend, Orville is filled with anger. The novel begins on November 21,...

A vivid investigation into the seamy underside of nineteenth and twentieth century Paris.