| New Mercies Contributor(s): Dallas, Sandra (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312336209 ISBN-13: 9780312336202 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: A novel of Southern family secrets and mysteries from the author of "The Persian Pickle Club." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.85 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi - Chronological Period - 1930's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Natchez, Mississippi, in 1933 is a place suspended in time. The silver and china is still dented and cracked from Yankee invaders. And the houses have names...and memories. Nora Bondurant is running away--from her husband's death, from his secrets, and from the ghosts that dog her every step. When she receives a telegram informing her that she has an inheritance, Nora suddenly has somewhere to run to: a house named Avoca in Natchez, Mississippi. Now, she's learning that the lure of Natchez runs deep, and that, along with Avoca, she's inherited a mystery. Nora's aunt Amalia Bondurant was killed in a murder/suicide, and the locals are saying nothing more--except in hushed, honeyed tones. As Nora becomes more and more enmeshed in the community and in her family's history, she learns surprising things about the life and death of her aunt: kinship isn't always what it seems, loyalty can be as fierce as blood relations, and every day we are given new mercies to heal the pain of loss and love. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dallas, Sandra: - Award-winning author Sandra Dallas was dubbed "a quintessential American voice" by Jane Smiley, in Vogue Magazine. She is the author of The Bride's House, Whiter Than Snow, Prayers for Sale and Tallgrass, among others. Her novels have been translated into a dozen languages and optioned for films. She is the recipient of the Women Writing the West Willa Award and the two-time winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award. For 25 years, Dallas worked as a reporter covering the Rocky Mountain region for Business Week, and started writing fiction in 1990. She lives with her husband in Denver, Colorado. |