Southern fiction is my happy place. Another great read by Kim Michele Richardson. I listened to the audio book. The narration was excellent. The story had a dual timeline, and shifted seamlessly between "now" and "then". About halfway, maybe 2/3 through the book, it reached a point where I thought "Well, the story just resolved - but I still have 1/2 the book to go. What is KMR going to do now?" I kept going, and within five minutes I knew that she still had plenty of story to tell. It even surprised me a time or two. It wasn't all surprising. The big picture was pretty much what I'd expected, but there were smaller surprises along the way, scattered little kernels of surprise. KMR is one of those lyrical writers where you feel the story as you go. I could feel the gravel road under my feet as Flannery walked it. Book Woman of Troublesome Creek will always be my favorite, but this was a great read.