Thomas K. Matthews
ASIN: B00PSLIXIW
Publisher: Andalusia Press - San Diego, California
Pages: 347
In 1926, thirty miles from Andalusia Alabama, a baby boy is born to a female inmate of The Farm, a thousand acre former cotton plantation turned prison. The warden’s childless wife claims the boy as her own, much to the horror of her husband. Everyone on the farm is sworn to secrecy, setting in motion a life that pits love against heartbreak and faith against lies. For the next sixteen years the boy’s birth mother works in silent torment as nursemaid and cook, while the secret breeds loss and longing amid the backdrop of the depression era South. The Son of Andalusia pulls the reader on a journey that spans time and and tests the strength of the human spirit.
PRAISE FOR THE SON OF ANDALUSIA:
"Son of Andalusia is a powerfully written work of historical fiction told through the narrative and biting dialogue that lasts through the final page. The tale takes place in an Alabama prison ...