Nanci Kincaid, Author . Algonquin/Ravenel $24.95 (338p) ISBN 978-1-56512-348-9
Sixth-grade teacher Bena Eckerd's biggest fault—outside of crying hysterically every time she walks into a church—is to blame herself for "messing up" every time life deals her a low blow. She was happily married to Bob, or
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Nanci Kincaid, Author . Back Bay $12.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-316-00914-0
Kincaid's fourth novel (after Crossing Blood
; Balls
; Verbena
) is a deliciously intimate portrayal of the sunstruck small town of Pinetta, Fla., as seen through the eyes of Berry, a 13-year-old trying to make sense of adult indiscretions and...
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Nanci Kincaid, Author . Little, Brown $23.99 (387p) ISBN 978-0-316-00915-7
With a sensibility as sweet as a glass of sugary iced tea and a plot as placid as a hazy summer day, Kincaid’s sixth book (after As Hot As It Was You Ought to Thank Me
) tracks the domestic travails of Truely and Courtney Noonan, brother and...
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Nanci Kincaid, Author Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill $17.95 (252p) ISBN 978-1-56512-177-5
In the same season as Elwood Reid's If I Don't Six (Forecasts, June 29) comes another fictional expose of the college football scene--this time from a woman's point of view. Kincaid describes, with mixed success, the education of a coach's wife in...
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Nanci Kincaid, Author Avon Books $10 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-72111-5
A skillfully written if sometimes predictable look at race and family relations. (Feb.)
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Nanci Kincaid, Author, Nancy Kincaid, Author Putnam Publishing Group $21.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-399-13719-8
Although coming-of-age tales set in the 1960s South are in no short supply, Kincaid's adept characterization, blend of humor and pathos and ear for dialogue mark this promising debut novel. Adolescent narrator Lucy Conyers's white family lives ``righ
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