Homeland
"Dripping with atmosphere and drama, it's a pleasure as guilty as a third helping of pecan pie." -- Booklist
"Yancey is an honest, uningratiating writer, whose characters are grittily convincing..." -- Publisher's Weekly
The story of the love between Halley Martin and Mavis Howell is seldom talked about in the tiny town of Homeland, Florida, but in the twenty years since Halley was sent to prison for murdering a rival suitor -- the only murder ever in this small, pious town -- the story has become legend.
To seven-year-old Shiny Parker it has become a mystery, something his parents whisper about. He knows that somehow the pretty wife of the local minister is involved, but it is all too confusing for him to sort out.