Idgie Says:This slim novel is filled with the quintessential characters of Small Town South. Judgmental biddies "dropping gossip like bird poop", eccentrics running amuck, quiet little background people that suddenly make your jaw drop with unexpected actions and all the other Southerners that make these towns so interesting.
It's a cute book that shares the small town life. A day in the life style novel. Pure Old South Jawin' and Sharin'.
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Black Rose Writing
February, 2015
Book Description:
Told through the voices of its eccentric characters, DOGWOOD
BLUES depicts life in Dogwood, Georgia, a small town near the soothing waters
of the Alapaha River, struggling with change.
When Kevin Kilmer, award-winning New York author with deep
roots in Dogwood, purchases a Craftsman in the historic district and moves back to
his hometown to write his memoir, he shocks the community with his lifestyle
and comes face to face with his past.
As spring blooms with the miracle of new life, Boone
Marshall, a farmer and blues pianist, stirs gossip by bringing home a new
bride, a nightclub singer from New Orleans, six months after his ex-wife’s
suicide.
Every week, the women of the Honeysuckle Bridge Club gather at
homes in the historic district to play cards, share gossip, and argue about
local issues. Playing bridge has never been more fun. And Nell Sauls, a bridge
club member for thirty-five years and a gossipmonger who keeps her nose in
everybody’s business, creates gossip and drops it like bird poop all over town.
Dogwood residents draw battle lines over the upcoming liquor
referendum, a vote that threatens to turn dry Creek County wet. Tommy Stone, a
construction worker from Willacoochee, makes extra money by building unique
Vote Yes and Vote No signs for residents to display their views on the issue in their yards.
The
Alapaha River holds the novel together with liquid grace
and the sound of ancient life. Spanish moss hangs like witch’s hair from
the
arms of native trees, and spring blooms with the magnificent beauty
known only
in the South. A new goat is born near the river. Music grows from the
soil and from the bleeding heart of Boone Marshall. He plays the piano
with a farmer's hands.
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