Books
Wilton Barnhardt’s Lookaway Lookaway is the story of the Johnston family, a long-standing pillar of the Charlotte community. Despite their history and their status, the family is falling apart. But this is more than just another dysfunctional family drama. Filled with failed writers and politicians, and descendents of Confederate generals, this novel has all the tangled complexities, nuanced characters, and skilled story-telling that you expect from the best Southern literature, but it also delves into issues of balancing history and tradition while adapting to an ever-changing society.
All the tangled complexities, nuanced characters, and skilled story-telling that you expect from the best Southern literature…
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You may remember Robert Inman from his novels Dairy Queen Days and Captain Saturday, as well as his 20 plus year tenure as a WBTV news anchor. He returns to fiction with The Governor’s Lady, a novel venturing into the tangled mess of American politics. The novel features Cooper Lanier, daughter of a twoterm governor, as she is about to take the Governor’s office herself, succeeding her husband, who is campaigning for President. Once in office, she realizes that her husband has not fully relinquished the reigns of his administration, and she is left with a difficult choice: take control or become a puppet. This is a novel as complex and fascinating as the political arena it portrays, and full of wonderful characters.
September 2013
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