Multiple story lines in this book of a family and their relationships to each other and their community. Told with humor and grace. I could just picture Birchie and Wattie as these two sweet little old southern ladies but with grit and steel. All the characters were well written and well developed.
Leia is a graphic book illustrator of some fame and ultimate nerdiness. She meets "batman" at a fan convention and has a one night stand. Add that he is African American. A few months later she realizes she is pregnant. Then there is her step-sister Rachel who is married to Leia's high school best friend but their marriage is in trouble. They are Barbie and Ken. But Birchie is ill and Leia, newly pregnant, goes home to AL to help. And discovers a trunk filled with old bones. Whose bones? And how did they get there? And what is the story?
Mystery and romance (b/c of course Batman comes to AL too) and the relationship between the sisters as well as Leia and her grandmother, and her grandmother Birchie with her long time friend Wattie all set in a small town in AL with the Baptist church and race relations and sweet tea and the town square. A good read.
Leia is a graphic book illustrator of some fame and ultimate nerdiness. She meets "batman" at a fan convention and has a one night stand. Add that he is African American. A few months later she realizes she is pregnant. Then there is her step-sister Rachel who is married to Leia's high school best friend but their marriage is in trouble. They are Barbie and Ken. But Birchie is ill and Leia, newly pregnant, goes home to AL to help. And discovers a trunk filled with old bones. Whose bones? And how did they get there? And what is the story?
Mystery and romance (b/c of course Batman comes to AL too) and the relationship between the sisters as well as Leia and her grandmother, and her grandmother Birchie with her long time friend Wattie all set in a small town in AL with the Baptist church and race relations and sweet tea and the town square. A good read.
