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Book Reviews
You can't go wrong with this winner.
Birmingham News
[M]any surprising and remarkable moments in what must be hailed as a major novel of recent years.
Mobile Register
Zion is populated with plain-spoken eccentrics...the story blasts into a big finish.
Orlando Sentinel
Donnette and Tim have been sweethearts since childhood, but some folks in Zion County, Ala., don't think she's good enough for him. When a tragic accident ends Tim's chance for football greatness...Donnette snatches him up; they marry and buy her aunt's beauty salon.... Told in six chapters, narrated by four different characters, the novel offers a shifting moral landscape complemented by a sharp vision of Southern culture and life.
Publishers Weekly