Grace, Grits and Ghosts: Southern Short Stories
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This delightful collection of short stories from bestselling author Susan Gabriel (The Secret Sense of Wildflower, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 and Amazon #1 bestseller), is rich in humor, as well as mystery and meaning.
Whether white or black, living or dead, down-home country or upscale urban, Gabriel's characters are quirky, poignant and deep. They include:
* A Gullah woman using folk magic to cast her latest spell.
* A girl coming-of-age dealing with death in 1940s Tennessee.
* A wealthy Savannah matriarch with gastrointestinal issues guarding family secrets.
* A good ol' boy observing himself shortly after his death.
* An agoraphobic woman striking up a unique friendship with the girl across the street.
* And a band of seventy-year-olds finding healing in a mountain stream.
Written in the tradition of Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty, the eight short stories in Grace, Grits and Ghosts: Southern Short Stories are all rooted in the southern landscape—from the steamy coast of Georgia, to the current day Atlanta suburbs, to the ancient Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina.
Pull up a rocker on the front porch, take a sip of your sweet iced tea and lose yourself in these original stories of soulful southerners and their sultry landscape.
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Reviews for Grace, Grits and Ghosts
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a wonderful collection of southern stories that are quite various in subject, setting and characters. I liked that diversity. There are a couple stories based on two of Gabriel's excellent novels - The Secret Sense of Wildflower and Temple Secrets. And there is a wonderful story about an unlikely friendship between a girl and her elderly agoraphobic neighbor with a surprise ending. There are several quite humorous stories as well, including one about a guy watching himself have a heart attack and die (trust me, you have to read it!). I love the writing and found the stories entertaining and at times moving. A great weekend read!