Bound South eBook by Susan Rebecca White

Bound South

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By turns hilarious and poignant, the lives of three vibrant and unique Southern women -- a proper Atlanta matron, her rebellious teenage daughter, and their housekeeper's young daughter -- intersect in unexpected and extraordinary ways in this richly compelling debut novel of family, friendship, and folly.

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How did you come to write this book?

Susan Rebecca White

The short answer is: I was homesick for Atlanta and so I started writing about it. The long answer is: One of my teachers in graduate school encouraged me to get out of my comfort zone and stop writing about overly talky, intellectual people who lived in San Francisco. So I wrote a story about Missy Meadows, the evangelical child of a housekeeper who ached for her long disappeared father. In the first story I wrote about Missy, she stole a clay bird from her mother's employer, Louise Parker. By writing that story, I got a little glimpse into Louise and her world. I wanted to know more about her...so I kept on writing in order to find out. And Bound South was born.

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Praise

"Like its characters, "Bound South" comes dressed in innocence and comedy, a series of hilarious and poignant stories told in gossipy backyard-fence style. But underneath, its concerns are far more serious..."

-- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"This acclaimed funny and poignant debut novel describes the clashes between the new and old South..."

-- San Francisco Examiner

"A Southern classic based on the New South -- the one Margaret Mitchell never knew...this is a story that book clubs will enjoy discussing for years to come."

-- Roanoke Times

"White captures the truth both of the South and humanity."

-- Durham Herald-Sun

"White's wit and graceful prose yield sharp insights about family, friendship and faith in the ever-changing South....A wonderful debut."

-- Publishers Weekly

"An elaborate, generation-spanning southern tale of family life in the vein of Rebecca Wells."

-- Booklist

"From Chapter One, you are in the unsentimental, annoying, and enormously funny New South. Susan Rebecca White has perfect pitch and a wicked pen."

-- Anne Rivers Siddons, New York Times bestselling author of Off Season

"Susan Rebecca White has written a wonderful novel of women, friendship, and serious longing for a father's love. Bound South is a southern novel that really touched this northern heart."

-- Luanne Rice, New York Times bestselling author of Sandcastles

"I was enthralled by this book. In fact, I think I know some of the characters."

-- Ann B. Ross, author of Miss Julia Strikes Back

"Move over, Margaret Mitchell -- and Tom Wolfe, too! Nobody has ever written about Atlanta with such insight and humor -- and she gets it all right..."

-- Lee Smith, author of The Last Girls

"For a Californian like me, who's never been to the South, reading Susan Rebecca White's finely drawn novel was like taking a fascinating trip to a foreign land..."

-- Janelle Brown, author of All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

"Susan Rebecca White has a keen sense for how her characters talk and think. An impressive debut."

-- Tom Barbash, author of The Last Good Chance

"I can't recommend this book highly enough."

-- Wayne Johnston, author of The Custodian of Paradise

"The South may, indeed, rise again. Bound South tells us that might not be such a bad thing."

-- Ann Goethe, author of Midnight

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