The novel traces the life of African-American Brewster McAtee, a hardworking and innovative carpenter, as he struggles for his dreams to own land and build a home and respectability in rural Alabama. When the Civil Rights Movement explodes, he is drawn into the core of the conflict, where he and his family face the ultimate loss from which they may never recover. The Civil Rights Movement in the South represents one of American history’s most important, bloody, and terrifying periods. Seven Laurels takes place during that time, encompassing the years between 1954 and 1994. The novel traces the life of African-American Brewster McAtee, a hardworking and innovative carpenter, as he struggles for his dreams to own land and build a home and respectability in rural Alabama. When the Civil Rights Movement explodes, he is drawn into the core of the conflict, where he and his family face the ultimate loss from which they may never recover.

Seven Laurels: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Parker, Linda Busby

United States

Southeast Missouri State Univ Press

The novel traces the life of African-American Brewster McAtee, a hardworking and innovative carpenter, as he struggles for his dreams to own land and build a home and respectability in rural Alabama. When the Civil Rights Movement explodes, he is drawn into the core of the conflict, where he and his family face the ultimate loss from which they may never recover. The Civil Rights Movement in the South represents one of American history’s most important, bloody, and terrifying periods. Seven Laurels takes place during that time, encompassing the years between 1954 and 1994. The novel traces the life of African-American Brewster McAtee, a hardworking and innovative carpenter, as he struggles for his dreams to own land and build a home and respectability in rural Alabama. When the Civil Rights Movement explodes, he is drawn into the core of the conflict, where he and his family face the ultimate loss from which they may never recover.

Christmas is a Season! 2009 is a collection of short stories and essays by writers across the country. Because the holiday season is an emotionally charged time, the writers have explored the terrain of feelings, activities, discoveries, events, and memories associated with Christmas. The stories and essays are full of surprises: a pagan celebration, a Santa School transformation, a dog gaining heroic status, a teenager receiving the Christmas spirit, despite herself. Great joy, great longings, much laughter, some sadness, and some regrets -- the stories in Christmas is a Season! 2009 have all of this and more. Stir up a cup of hot cocoa, put a log on the fire, and pull up a comfy chair. Take a few minutes out of the Christmas rush to relax and examine Christmas while walking in a few other pairs of shoes!

Christmas is a Season!: 2009

Literary

Excalibur Press

Oliver’s Song: Della Boudreaux, a recovering alcoholic, estranged from her family, pulls herself up from ruin and onto the road of redemption. After earning a law degree from Tulane, she returns to Mobile, Alabama and establishes her new office at the foot of Mobile’s historic Bankhead Tunnel. Her first client, a young jazz pianist named Ollie Fitzsimmons, presents her with a mystery—why has a bass case with a haul of illegal drugs been left in Ollie’s care? And why is there an old violin stuffed in the case along with the drugs? Della Boudreaux is a survivor—wise, witty, and often inspiring. Oliver’s Song offers plenty of surprises and takes traditional women’s fiction in a few new directions.

Oliver's Song (A Della Boudreaux Novel)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Dow, Patsy Busby

Robertson, James E.

Mystery

Lindell Publishing

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