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"A fitting sequel . . . Worthy of a spot on anyone's
bookshelf as an example of putting a face on local history."
— The Bladen Journal
[Bandeaux Creek] provides a taste of the Roaring Twenties
moderated by the hardships of back country living and sweetened
by the depiction of characters filled with love and devotion
to their families and friends. — Cy Hogue, author
of A Tangled Mass
A rich look and listen into the dramas of Southern extended
families of the early 1900s . . . told in authentic dialogue
of the time, as the variety of characters deal with the historic
changes of that era, including, with humor and authentic details,
the new lure of the automobile in their lives. — Marian
Coe, author of Eve's Mountain and Rachel's Story
Maggie Lorena Ryan leaves her husband and sons looking after
the farm and homestead in Colly, North Carolina, in the midst
of the Roaring Twenties and journeys north to publish her
novel. But while Maggie's courted by a well-to-do set of friends
and a handsome young doctor, Tate finds comfort in Patty Sue
McBryde, the fast, notorious wife of an accused killer incarcerated
in the state mental hospital. When Maggie returns, it's with
a changed vision of her writing career, her love life, and
most of all, her home and family.
If you've followed the stories of Maggie and the indomitable
Aunt Mag in Between The Rivers, you'll enjoy
renewing your acquaintances with these old friends and meeting
their kin from Bandeaux Creek. Novelist Carolyn
Rawls Booth draws on an intimate knowledge of Southeastern
North Carolina history, culture, and characters in this tale
of ambition, crime, love, heartbreak, and what it means to
come home.
As Aunt Mag would have said, "there's
more to it"—and here you have it.
A companion cookbook, Aunt
Mag's Recipe Book: Heritage Cooking from a Carolina Kitchen
(Winoca Press, 2004; $12.00) offers up an extra helping of
the culinary culture readers have enjoyed in Booth's fiction.
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