Julia Oliver, Author University of Georgia Press $24.95 (214p) ISBN 978-0-8203-2874-4
Romantic fiction and historical research coexist uneasily in this novel of Varina Anne ""Winnie"" Davis, the daughter of confederate president Jefferson Davis. Oliver's third novel (after Music of Falling Water) sets out to show that Winnie, who...
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Julia Oliver, Author Black Belt Press $18 (160p) ISBN 978-1-881320-04-3
The author's refreshing treatment of the supernatural and her playful sense of irony, especially when applied to the themes of death and separation, make this a strong first collection. Each of the 15 crisp stories wastes no time introducing...
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Julia Oliver, Author Black Belt Press $18 (191p) ISBN 978-1-881320-18-0
In her first novel, Oliver's graceful writing and unerring social observations transform a soap-operatic plot into a quietly compelling story of a young woman's awakening. Along the Alabama Black Belt of 1938, the twin plagues of the Depression and...
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Julia Oliver. Page, $15.95 trade paper (240p) ISBN 978-1-64544-526-5
Oliver delights in this breezy chronicle of a clever woman surviving the harsh realities of early 18th-century England. Since childhood, Kathryn Alexander has been tormented by dreams of a white stallion. As daughter of Patrick, an Irish Catholic...
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