Dark pasts and darker secrets lie at the heart of the Deep South. Louisiana's Bayou Country sets the stage for this gritty debut collection of short fiction by Suzanne De Cayette. Bold, lyrically haunting, and richly woven Widow's Weeds and the accompanying stories explore taboos and secrets entwined in the history of the American South, offering an original voice to universal themes of social injustice, intolerance, and ultimately- hope. Widow's Weeds It's summer 1940 in St. Giles Parish, Louisiana. Nine-year-old Louie Parsons is on a quest to find his friend who disappeared one June night....
Dark pasts and darker secrets lie at the heart of the Deep South. Louisiana's Bayou Country sets the stage for this gritty debut collection of short f...
