Her assignment: restore an old post office mural in a sleepy southern town. Her dream of a career in art is put on hold – until a mysterious visitor makes her an offer that will see her released immediately.

Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in the North Carolina Women’s Correctional Center. North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed.

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Small Town is an engaging novel with a great dual time narrative.īook Source: Kewaunee Public Library. With the past or you can never move into the future.” Yipping with the anticipation of warmer weather.” Great first line and it gets even better! People and learned not to make assumptions based on race.įinally spring, so although the air still held the nip of winter and the grassĪnd weeds crunched beneath their feet, they ran through the field and woods,

Of the white, two-story farmhouse, she knew her expectations had been “As soon as she pulled into the long driveway Student, Jesse, who is helping her with the mural. Particular there is a great scene where Anna visits an African American My other book club members enjoyed this book as well. That I enjoy looking at in the post office. We have a mural here in the City of Kewaunee Why does her work get erratic? What happened to her after she finished? Why was her work never displayed in the postĪbout the painting of post office murals and I enjoyed the history of it. As she gets to know people in Denton andīegins on her project, she discovers prejudices and secrets hidden in the Anna’s mother has recently died,Īnd she needs to make her way alone in the world.

Win a national contest to paint a mural for the post office in Denton, NorthĬarolina. On the mural, she uncovers all sorts of mysteries painted into the mural. That she had idolized has somehow selected her for this project to rehabilitate Under special circumstances that include that she must restore an old post This novel, but I quickly was absorbed into the story and couldn’t put it down!ĭream of becoming an artist is derailed when she is jailed for a drunk driving I didn’t know what to expect when I started reading Was the May Book Club selection for the Kewaunee Library Book Club.

Big lies small town