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"Andrea Bobotis is a new, original voice as Southern as they come! In The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt, she unravels a complicated web of dirty Southern secrets. Using masterful writing and a perfectly calculated reveal of damaged history, she ends up weaving a tapestry that is so much more."--LEAH WEISS, bestselling author of If the Creek Don't Rise
In the hard-luck cotton town of Bound, South Carolina, some bury their secrets close to home. Others scatter them to the wind and hope they land somewhere far away.
Judith Kratt inherited everything her family had to offer--the pie safe, the copper clock, the murder no one talks about. She's presided over the Carolina house quite well, thank you very much, with a little help from her companion, Olva.
When her wayward sister suddenly returns, Judith must make an inventory of all that belongs to them--and her sister is determined to include the skeletons the Kratt family had hoped to take to their graves.
Interweaving the present with chilling flashbacks from one fateful evening in 1929, Judith pieces together the devastating influence of the Kratt family on their small South Carolina cotton town, learning that the effects of dark family secrets can last a lifetime and beyond.
Perfect for fans of Kim Michele Richardson, Hannah Pittard, and Sue Monk Kidd--Andrea Bobotis presents a book of small-town, Southern charm and dark family drama.
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Critique du Library Journal
DEBUT It's May 1989, and in Bound, SC, Judith Kratt is making a list. As a girl, she inventoried her father's store. Now, she takes stock of the objects in her family home, where she and Olva have resided their whole lives. Olva may be a housekeeper and caretaker, but Judith thinks of her as a friend. Their home's objects tell stories, as do people, and when Judith's long-lost, sister Rosemarie, returns after 60 years, Judith begins to speak. Her story connects the present with one horrific day in 1929 when Judith and Rosemarie's brother, Quincy, was murdered. All three women were present that day, but all have different versions of the events that led up to that fateful moment and what happened after. South Carolina native Bobotis's debut is sure to place her alongside established authors such as Fannie Flagg. Rich in detail, it will carry readers between past and present, presenting historical issues of race, class, and belonging. VERDICT A mystery entangled in family secrets and racial tension, this tale will be enjoyed by fans of Southern fiction.--Shannon Marie Robinson, Drexel Univ. Libs., Philadelphia