Cathy Holton, Summer in the South Reviews

“Summer in the South ”

Written on: 10/05/2011 by Harriet Klausner (18660 reviews written)

Summer in the South
Cathy Holton
Ballantine, May 24 2011, $25.00
ISBN: 9780345506016

In 1931 at the Purdy Funeral Home in Tennessee, Josephine Woodburn identifies the corpse of her brother-in-law Charles Woodburn. Sherriff Gillespie declares it an accidental drowning due to alcohol though the body was excessively battered, but no one challenges the powerful Woodburn clan.

In 1998, Ava Dabrwoski mourns the death of her mother though they were estranged. Former college classmate Will... (read more)