Forgiving Effie Beck, winner of the WILL ROGERS GOLD MEDALLION AWARD and the EPIC Award for Historical Fiction, examines the complicated issues of a social order that existed in small town America during the Great Depression. The backdrop for the story is a community both paralyzed and comforted by sameness and tradition. It is that attitude which sets the stage for deception and isolates some of the town's beloved citizens.
Mike LeMay, a Federal Writes' Project interviewer arrives in Cooperville, Texas a few days before the town eccentric, Effie Beck, is reported missing. While...