White Trash

With a hilarious cast and shocking storyline based on real people and true events in a small rural town in Texas White Trash will have you think twice about your neighbors. When Thia Franks returns to her home of Granby Texas the very place to which shed vowed never to return Granbys worst and best elements force the new single mother to face both her past and her destiny. At first it seems that nothing has changed: Chester Kennedys goats continue to run rampant through the town Officer Tina Wolfe stands accused of racial profiling the growing Hispanic community Thias gun-wielding neighbor believes a squirrel has it in for her and the towns local newspaper owner prints only what she believes the citizens should know. But when a young black man--an upstanding and popular citizen of the small east-central Texas town--is brutally murdered everything changes. Everyone is being watched. Everyone is being judged. White Trash is a fast-paced laugh-out-loud book that also serves as a bitter social commentary on American hypocrisies and prejudices. As Thia Franks comes to terms with the murder and the small police department works the biggest who-dun-it in Granby history a startling underworld of domestic abuse gunrunning drug use illicit sex and child molestation is revealed. While the murder is horrendous and some of the citizens of Granby are appalling many stand up for what is right and the total package is endearing. Youll want to read White Trash more than once in order to capture all of the tales insights as it neatly summarizes the reality of every American small town peopled with neighbors you cant get away from you cant stop talking about and you may not want to leave.