Carol Dawson, Author Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill $19.95 (294p) ISBN 978-1-56512-127-0
Candid, irreverent, funny and poignant, Dawson's fourth novel (after Dancing with the Minotaur) takes a fresh look at marriage and other social customs through the eyes of an engaging heroine. ""Serial marriage is a kind of path, a continual...
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Carol Dawson, Author Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill $19.95 (300p) ISBN 978-0-945575-65-8
East Texas is the setting of Dawson's finely crafted, atmospheric first novel; young Sarah Grissom is the engaging narrator who investigates the mystery surrounding her mother's family. When she is seven, Sarah, her older brother North and their...
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Carol Dawson, Author Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill $22.95 (480p) ISBN 978-1-56512-054-9
Captivating prose coupled with a rich, multigenerational Texas saga produces a resonant successor to Dawson's highly acclaimed first book, The Waking Spell . Narrator Victoria Grace Ransom (named for the British queen) owes her 500-pound weight to a
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Carol Dawson, Author Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill $22.95 (408p) ISBN 978-1-56512-126-3
Like the grossly obese protagonist of Dawson's memorable last novel, Body of Knowledge, the hero of this ambitious and fascinating narrative is one of nature's anomalies. As a result of a childhood illness, Taylor Troys has lost his equilibrium;...
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