M. A. Harper, Author . Harcourt $24 (362p) ISBN 978-0-15-101116-2
Ghosts and New Orleans go together like crawfish and gumbo, as Harper (The Worst Day of My Life, So Far
) demonstrates in this delectable spooker spiced with romance, surprises and authentic local color. Chef Phil Randazzo is settling comfortably...
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M. A. Harper, Author Hill Street Press $22.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-892514-97-4
M.A. Harper's spirited novel, The Worst Day of My Life, So Far tackles a difficult subject with wit and candor. Stuck in small-town Auletta, La., Jeanne Roth is run ragged caring for her Alzheimer's-afflicted mother. But it is her realization that...
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M. A. Harper, Author Soho Press $20 (325p) ISBN 978-0-939149-63-6
After a promising opener--``Contrary to popular belief, I did grow up''--this first novel about a South Carolina teen coming of age in the late '60s tumbles downhill. Garnet Laney, a self-styled ``beatnik poetess,'' has loads of what others call...
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