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The Accidentals

A Novel

by Minrose Gwin ...

In this literary novel set in the 1950s rural South, two sisters must cope with the ripple effect of their mother's tragic death as they come of age.In the fall of 1957, Olivia McAlister is living in Opelika, Mississippi, caring for her two girls, June and Grace, and her husband, Holly. She dreams of living a much larger life—seeing the world and returning to her wartime job at a landing boat ... Read more

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In this literary novel set in the 1950s rural South, two sisters must cope with the ripple effect of their mother's tragic death as they come of age.In the fall of 1957, Olivia McAlister is living in Opelika, Mississippi, caring for her two girls, June and Grace, and her husband, Holly. She dreams of living a much larger life—seeing the world and returning to her wartime job at a landing boat
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Wishing for Snow

A Memoir

by Minrose Gwin ...

An award-winning author's memoir of her mother's mental illness reveals her mother as an artist and a mother struggling with the loss of her sanity.In this brave and beautifully composed tribute to her mother, Minrose Gwin accomplishes something rare in the craft of the memoir: not merely a record of a devastating mother-daughter relationship but a redemptive act of artistic witness. In telling ... Read more

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An award-winning author's memoir of her mother's mental illness reveals her mother as an artist and a mother struggling with the loss of her sanity.In this brave and beautifully composed tribute to her mother, Minrose Gwin accomplishes something rare in the craft of the memoir: not merely a record of a devastating mother-daughter relationship but a redemptive act of artistic witness. In telling
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Beautiful Dreamers

by Minrose Gwin ...

Series series Cold Mountain Fund Series
From Minrose Gwin, award-winning author of The Accidentals, comes Beautiful Dreamers, a story of a precocious teen and her mother, their gay best friend, and the con man who unravels their family.It’s 1953 when Memory Feather and her mother, Virginia, are welcomed back home to the Mississippi Gulf Coast community of Belle Cote by Virginia’s childhood friend Mac McFadden, whose verve and energy ... Read more

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From Minrose Gwin, award-winning author of The Accidentals, comes Beautiful Dreamers, a story of a precocious teen and her mother, their gay best friend, and the con man who unravels their family.It’s 1953 when Memory Feather and her mother, Virginia, are welcomed back home to the Mississippi Gulf Coast community of Belle Cote by Virginia’s childhood friend Mac McFadden, whose verve and energy
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The Queen of Palmyra

A Novel

by Minrose Gwin ...

**"The most powerful and also the most lyrical novel about race, racism, and denial in the American South since To Kill A Mockingbird." —Lee Smith, New York Times–bestselling author of On Agate Hill"I need you to understand how ordinary it all was. . . ."In the turbulent southern summer of 1963, Millwood's white population steers clear of "Shake Rag," the black section of town. Young Florence ... Read more

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**"The most powerful and also the most lyrical novel about race, racism, and denial in the American South since To Kill A Mockingbird." —Lee Smith, New York Times–bestselling author of On Agate Hill"I need you to understand how ordinary it all was. . . ."In the turbulent southern summer of 1963, Millwood's white population steers clear of "Shake Rag," the black section of town. Young Florence
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Promise

A Novel

by Minrose Gwin ...

A natural disaster in the Depression Era South sends two very different women in search of their families in this "extraordinary novel" (Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life).On Palm Sunday, April 5, 1936, a tornado devastated Tupelo, Mississippi. It killed more than 200 people, not counting an unknown number of black citizens, who were not included in the official casualty figures. In ... Read more

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A natural disaster in the Depression Era South sends two very different women in search of their families in this "extraordinary novel" (Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life).On Palm Sunday, April 5, 1936, a tornado devastated Tupelo, Mississippi. It killed more than 200 people, not counting an unknown number of black citizens, who were not included in the official casualty figures. In
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The Accidentals

A Novel

by Minrose Gwin ...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell ...

Unabridged

12 hours 28 min

Following the death of their mother from a botched backwoods abortion, the McAlister daughters have to cope with the ripple effect of this tragedy as they come of age in 1950s Mississippi and then grow up to face their own impossible choices—an unforgettable, beautiful novel that is threaded throughout with the stories of mothers and daughters in pre-Roe versus Wade America.Life heads down back ... Read more

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Following the death of their mother from a botched backwoods abortion, the McAlister daughters have to cope with the ripple effect of this tragedy as they come of age in 1950s Mississippi and then grow up to face their own impossible choices—an unforgettable, beautiful novel that is threaded throughout with the stories of mothers and daughters in pre-Roe versus Wade America.Life heads down back
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Beautiful Dreamers

by Minrose Gwin ...

Narrated by Adenrele Ojo ...

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11 hours 38 min

From Minrose Gwin, award-winning author of The Accidentals, comes Beautiful Dreamers, a story of a precocious teen and her mother, their gay best friend, and the con man who unravels their family.It’s 1953 when Memory Feather and her mother, Virginia, are welcomed back home to the Mississippi Gulf Coast community of Belle Cote by Virginia’s childhood friend Mac McFadden, whose verve and energy ... Read more

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From Minrose Gwin, award-winning author of The Accidentals, comes Beautiful Dreamers, a story of a precocious teen and her mother, their gay best friend, and the con man who unravels their family.It’s 1953 when Memory Feather and her mother, Virginia, are welcomed back home to the Mississippi Gulf Coast community of Belle Cote by Virginia’s childhood friend Mac McFadden, whose verve and energy
... Read more

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Promise

A Novel

by Minrose Gwin ...

Narrated by Adenrele Ojo ...

Unabridged

12 hours 23 min

In the aftermath of a devastating tornado that rips through the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, at the height of the Great Depression, two women worlds apart—one black, one white; one a great-grandmother, the other a teenager—fight for their families’ survival in this lyrical and powerful novel.“Gwin’s gift shines in the complexity of her characters and their fraught relationships with each other, ... Read more

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In the aftermath of a devastating tornado that rips through the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, at the height of the Great Depression, two women worlds apart—one black, one white; one a great-grandmother, the other a teenager—fight for their families’ survival in this lyrical and powerful novel.“Gwin’s gift shines in the complexity of her characters and their fraught relationships with each other,
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Fields Watered with Blood

Critical Essays on Margaret Walker

by Maryemma Graham, Tomeiko R. Ashford Carter, Jacqueline Miller Carmichael, Michelle Cliff, Esim Erdim, Minrose C. Gwin, Robert Harris, Amy Levin, Joyce Pettis, Hiroko Sato0, Melissa Walker Heidari1, Jerry W. Ward Jr.2, Bernice Lloyd Bell3, B. Dilla Buckner4, Eugenia Collier5, Ekaterini Georgoudaki6, Charlotte Goodman7, Florence Howe8, Phyllis R. Klotman9, James E. Spears0, Claudia Tate1, Eleanor Traylor2, Deborah Elizabeth Whaley3, R. Baxter Miller4 ...

Representing an international gathering of scholars, Fields Watered with Blood—now available in paperback—constituted the first critical assessment of the full scope of Margaret Walker’s literary career. As they discuss Walker’s work, including the landmark poetry collection For My People and the novel Jubilee, the contributors reveal the complex interplay of concerns and themes in Walker’s ... Read more

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Representing an international gathering of scholars, Fields Watered with Blood—now available in paperback—constituted the first critical assessment of the full scope of Margaret Walker’s literary career. As they discuss Walker’s work, including the landmark poetry collection For My People and the novel Jubilee, the contributors reveal the complex interplay of concerns and themes in Walker’s
... Read more

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Somewhere between Luck and Trust

by Emilie Richards ...

Narrated by Karen White ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Goddesses Anonymous Series
Unabridged

15 hours 4 min

Where luck meets trust, miracles can happen.Cristy Haviland served eight months in prison, where she gave birth to the child of the man who put her there and might yet destroy her. Now she's free again, but what does that mean? As smart as she is, a learning disability has kept her from learning to read—and that's the least of her hurdles.Georgia Ferguson, a talented educator, receives a ... Read more

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Where luck meets trust, miracles can happen.Cristy Haviland served eight months in prison, where she gave birth to the child of the man who put her there and might yet destroy her. Now she's free again, but what does that mean? As smart as she is, a learning disability has kept her from learning to read—and that's the least of her hurdles.Georgia Ferguson, a talented educator, receives a
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Where It All Began

An emotional BRAND NEW novel on love and heartbreak from Debbie Howells for 2026

by Debbie Howells ...

Narrated by Melanie Crawley ...

Unabridged

9 hours 26 min

The most unforgettable story of the year. A novel about mothers and daughters, love, and loss, perfect for fans of Lucy Diamond, Beth Moran, and Amanda Prowse. ‘I want to tell you a story, my beautiful child, of every magical thing I wish for you. This is where it all begins…’It all begins when Edie’s daughter Lexie was born. A day when hope gleams like sunlight on mirror-flat water. Lexie’s ... Read more

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The most unforgettable story of the year. A novel about mothers and daughters, love, and loss, perfect for fans of Lucy Diamond, Beth Moran, and Amanda Prowse. ‘I want to tell you a story, my beautiful child, of every magical thing I wish for you. This is where it all begins…’It all begins when Edie’s daughter Lexie was born. A day when hope gleams like sunlight on mirror-flat water. Lexie’s
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Shining Sea

by Anne Korkeakivi ...

Narrated by David Pittu ...

Unabridged

8 hours 41 min

An arresting and absorbing novel that spans decades, drawing us into the turbulent lives of a family in Southern California after the sudden death of the father.Beginning in 1962 with a shocking loss, Shining Sea quickly pulls us into the lives of forty-three -year-old Michael Gannon's widow and offspring. Brilliantly described and utterly alive on the page, the Gannon clan find themselves ... Read more

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An arresting and absorbing novel that spans decades, drawing us into the turbulent lives of a family in Southern California after the sudden death of the father.Beginning in 1962 with a shocking loss, Shining Sea quickly pulls us into the lives of forty-three -year-old Michael Gannon's widow and offspring. Brilliantly described and utterly alive on the page, the Gannon clan find themselves
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