Tallahatchie

For Jack Hartman the town of Tallahatchie Mississippi is an accidental destination. One day he has it all: a beautiful home on the Gulf Coast an even more beautiful fiancée Acey Kimmons and an assured future as the CEO of his familys multimillion-dollar business. Then he meets talented young Blues singer Cici Cannon and recruits her for his Uncle Tucks nightclub. Too late Jack discovers shes a tortured alcoholic. His efforts to help Cici cause her to self-destruct and his world comes apart when Acey believing that hes been unfaithful walks out on him. Jacks guilt compels him to relocate to Cicis hometown and try to rectify the harm he has caused. Thus he finds himself in the Mississippi Delta as an assistant general manager at an antiquated and failing furniture factory--one he likewise feels compelled to save.A hopeless idealist Jack plunges into saving the factory and the hundreds of jobs that depend on it--jobs hard to come by in the Delta. As he struggles to gain the respect of the factorys quirky and unpredictable employees he also hopes to help Cici regain her health. But will his plans to help Cici squash any hope he has of someday reuniting with the love of his life Acey Kimmons? Jacks quixotic journey teaches him as much about himself and the human condition as it does about life in the rural Delta. Southern fiction and dark comedy at its best Tallahatchie is a story that is as hilarious as it is tragic.