Bastard Out Of Carolina —Allison, Dorothy.

A profound portrait of family dynamics in the rural South and "an essential novel" ( The New Yorker ) "As close to flawless as any reader could ask for . . . The living language [Allison] has created is as exac...

Border child : a novel —Stone, Michel, 1969- author.

"For Héctor and Lilia, pursuit of the American Dream became every parent's worst fear: their infant daughter vanished in the midst of their border crossing from Mexico to the United States. With great empathy and a keen...

Refuge : A Novel —Jackson, Dot, author.

"An intensely readable novel of the complexity of family ties ... Dot Jackson is a true Southern voice, a master storyteller and an Appalachian treasure" (Dori Sanders, author of Clover and Her Own Place ). Early one mor...

The Sugar Queen —Allen, Sarah Addison.

In this irresistible follow-up to her New York Times bestselling debut, Garden Spells , author Sarah Addison Allen tells the tale of a young woman whose family secrets-and secret passions-are about to change her lif...