The Queen of Palmyra

<p>The most powerful and also the most lyrical novel about race racism and denial in the American South since <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>. <br/>-- Lee Smith author of <em>On Agate Hill</em> </p><p>Exquisitely beautiful... The novel grips the reader from its first page and relentlessly drives us to its conclusion. <br/>-- William Ferris author of <em>Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues </em></p><p>An atmospheric debut novel about growing up in the changing South in 1960s Mississippi in the tradition of Sue Monk Kidd's <em>The Secret Life of Bees</em> and Kathryn Stockett's <em>The Help</em>. In the words of Jill McCorkle (<em>Going Away Shoes</em>) Minrose Gwin is an extremely gifted writer and <em>The Queen of Palmyra</em> is a brilliant and compelling novel.</p>