Raw, dark, and powerful . . . Southern Gothic at its best. "The Homecoming of Samuel Lake" puts one in mind of Erskine Caldwell and Flannery O Connor. Fannie Flagg
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Every first Sunday in June, members of the Moses clan gather for an annual reunion at a sprawling hundred-acre farm in Arkansas. And every year, Samuel Lake, a vibrant and committed young preacher, brings his beloved wife, Willadee Moses, and their three children back for the festivities. In the midst of it all, Samuel and Willadee s outspoken eleven-year-old daughter, Swan, is a bright light. Her high spirits and...