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 My latest book, HALLEY, has just been released by NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley My acting career seemed to go by in a flash.  Maybe that’s because the part in front of the camera only lasted one very long day. My husband and … Continue reading →

My latest book, HALLEY, has just been released by NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley I didn’t learn to drive as a teenager, as normal people do.  I wouldn’t ask Daddy’s permission to use his car (the answer would have been NO), and I … Continue reading →

My latest book, HALLEY, has just been released by NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley Mama wasn’t a patient woman. I think she got less patient when she learned to drive and got her first long term job at the mill. Getting a television … Continue reading →

My latest book, HALLEY, has just been released by NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley Mama liked cornbread dressing (sometimes called “stuffing” by folks who don’t know better), and she made it often.  Where she got her recipe, I’m unsure.  The one thing I’m … Continue reading →

 My latest book, HALLEY, has just been released by NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley My father didn’t have a lot of humility.  In my day–and even more so in his–you were expected to be humble if you were poor.  Daddy didn’t buy that.  … Continue reading →

My latest book, HALLEY, has just been released by NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley In the Georgia mountains of my childhood strollicking was frowned upon. The only excuses for idleness were illness, like double pneumonia or paralysis, extreme youth (younger than five) or … Continue reading →

My latest book, HALLEY, has just been released by NewSouth Books: www.newsouthbooks.com/halley Walter Johnson Strikes Again Walter Johnson was the kind of boy who would pull legs off daddy longlegs just to see them suffer–or that was the way I saw … Continue reading →