Book of the Year to be announced Sunday, December 15. Which one will win? Any of these titles make fine holiday gifts. (Finalists listed alphabetically by title.) Birdhouse Jesus by Terri Chastain Using a combination of charm and horror and finally transcendence, Chastain creates a protagonist who comes to terms with childhood abuse by […]
Read of the Month: “Ditch Weed” by Rhett DeVane
September 4, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Rhett DeVane’s latest novel, Ditch Weed (Twisted Road 2024), sparkles with her trademark humor and Southernisms. Longtime fans of her Chattahoochee stories will recognize some of the background characters like town busybody Elvina Houston and gay florist Jake Witherspoon, but the novel is a stand-alone. Perched in its heart are the “Purty-much Ruined” runaway teen […]
July Read of the Month: “Parade of Horribles,” by Rhett DeVane
July 3, 2017 by 1 Comment
Reviewed by Donna Meredith Once again, Rhett DeVane captures the essence of life in a small southern town in Parade of Horribles, the seventh installment in her beloved Chattahoochee series. DeVane mines the debilitating nature of fear and the need to forgive in this deeply appealing novel. Jake Witherspoon, familiar to readers of DeVane’s earlier […]
“Secondhand Sister,” by Rhett DeVane
December 30, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Donna Meredith In Rhett’s DeVane’s latest novel, Secondhand Sister, Mary-Esther Sloat may be down on her luck, but that’s about to change when she flees hurricane-ravaged New Orleans for a new life and sanctuary in North Florida. The hospitality of newfound friends and family soon envelops her—and this sixth novel in the beloved […]
“Cathead Crazy” by Rhett DeVane
April 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Review by Peggy Kassees Take a small Southern town. Add a mental institute for the criminally insane, one of the most beautiful rivers in Florida, and characters so vibrant they stay in the reader’s heart and mind like longtime friends and family. Then throw in Rhett DeVane’s exquisite sense of humor and finely tuned writing. […]
Rhett DeVane Interviews Lynne Bryant, Author of “Alligator Lake”
April 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
RD: You choose to show both the good and bad sides of life in the Deep South. How do you find this balance in your fiction? Do you feel as if your novels make any statements about the South? LB: For every racist or bigoted person I’ve ever encountered, I’ve met an open-minded, loving […]