�The most powerful and also the most lyrical novel about race, racism, and denial in the American South since To Kill a Mockingbird.� � Lee Smith, author of On Agate Hill �Exquisitely beautiful� The novel grips the reader from its first page and relentlessly drives us to its conclusion.� � William Ferris, author of Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues An atmospheric debut novel about growing up in the changing South in 1960s Mississippi in the tradition of Sue Monk Kidd�s The Secret Life of Bees and Kathryn Stockett�s The Help. In the words of Jill McCorkle (Going Away Shoes), �Minrose Gwin is an extremely gifted writer and The Queen of Palmyra is a brilliant and compelling novel.�
(less)�The most powerful and also the most lyrical novel about race, racism, and denial in the American South since To Kill a Mockingbird.� � Lee Smith, author of On Agate Hill �Exquisitely beautiful� The novel grips the reader from its first
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The Queen of Palmyra: A Novel | 
