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Louise Shivers (1929–2014)

Teoksen Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail tekijä

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Louise Shivers was born Julia Louise Shingleton on August 15, 1929 in Stantonsburg, North Carolina. She studied briefly at Atlantic Christian College and at Meredith College, but left before graduating to get married. In the late 1960s, she enrolled in a creative writing class. Her first novella, näytä lisää Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail, was published in 1983. It was adapted into the feature film Summer Heat in 1987. Her other works included the novella A Whistling Woman and the memoir My Shining Hour. She was a writer in residence at Georgia Regents University for many years. She died of congestive heart failure on July 26, 2014 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
Image credit: Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle

Tekijän teokset

Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail (1983) 82 kappaletta
A Whistling Woman (1993) 23 kappaletta

Associated Works

Deep Down: The New Sensual Writing by Women (1988) — Avustaja — 115 kappaletta
The New Great American Writers' Cookbook (2003) — Avustaja — 21 kappaletta

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A quick read about the consequences of youthful infatuation, a mother's sacrifice, and second chances. As a young girl, Georgie Weeks is smitten by the handsome son of her mother's employer, John Fleeting. He pays her just enough notice to keep her avid for his attention, until finally he takes takes ultimate advantage of her obsession before turning his back on her completely. Too immature to evaluate his morals or his motivation, Georgie revels in his favors, even celebrating the creation of the child he would never know existed. "A baby! Me and Mr. John Fleeting made a baby out of ourselves!" Georgie thinks to herself. But she refuses to tell her mother who is responsible for her condition. To save Georgie's reputation, her widowed mother Chaney Weeks hides her away, pretends to be pregnant herself, and raises the child as her own, sacrificing her standing in the church which has sustained her for years. It is not until Georgie is happily married with a large family, and her mother is on her death bed, that Chaney explains what led her to go to such lengths to protect her only daughter from disgrace. The reveal won't come as much of a shock to most readers, but this story, told in Georgie's voice, unfolds with just the right amount of tension and suspense.… (lisätietoja)
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laytonwoman3rd | Dec 19, 2023 |
A long hot summer on Tobacco Road in North Carolina leads to a steamy liaison and a calculated murder. By the end of the summer, Roxy Walston has discovered that she has a self she never knew about, and has determined to let it "out of jail" by making her own decisions and not looking to others to steer her along a pre-determined path. The story may not be original, but the style and manner of telling it is, and I enjoyed this little gem a lot.
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