Open The Acorn Plan and listen to its sad, comic chorus of Southern voices, and to the story of Billy Riley, a brooding, reckless young man struggling to resolve the competing claims of love, loyalty, and ambition....
The sleepy Southern town of Oak Hills, gradually transformed by the influx of new, younger residents, becomes the scene of a funny, tragic battle when long-time resident Woodrow Bunce refuses to conform to the town's new ordinances...
Two men on opposite ends of the social scale are united among the homeless in Seattle after losing what they hold most dear and find support and redemption in each other, a journey through America, and their own hearts. By the author of
A cast of colorful characters, including a snake handler and a dancer, is brought together by a wealthy Southern woman and travels about doing their show, encountering various prejudices that cause them to take a closer look not only at others but at...