The furniture wasn’t old or shabby, or modern, but well cared for over the years. While the sisters didn’t continue a public memorial, the seventeen years August Manning had lived were memorialized in many places in the living room. The same photo that Aunt Esther gave me hung larger than life ab...
I told him Cora would. I stared out the passenger window. I’m sure he thought I needed space, but I wanted to be mad with him. Not very reasonable, but I needed someone to be angry with. It was probably a man’s fault that my daughter was out there. Some man named Chris. How is it that I didn’t ev...
Lenora still couldn’t believe reporters had the nerve to show up on their lawn Saturday. She was on her way to the boutique, when she realized that what she needed to do was to turn back around. Her first thought was to go throw herself into work, but that wasn’t stopping the thoughts that clutch...
It almost felt like they were live on American Voices in Southern Soul Café. Eddie had implemented a superb marketing campaign in such a short period of time, because they really drew a crowd tonight. Latecomers were standing against the wall now to see the live performances. She saw Wes come in ...