01198cam a2200229 4500 388297423 TxAuBib 20190805120000.0 190805s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781633938953 1633938956 TxAuBib Cushman, Susan. Friends of the library. Virgina Beach, VA : Koehlerbooks, 2019. 140 p. When Adele Covington becomes and author in her sixties, she goes on a book tour to speak to the Friends of the Library groups in ten small towns in her home state of Mississippi. Chasing her personal demons through the Christ-haunted South of her childhood, Adele befriends an eclectic group of wounded people and decides to tell their stories. From Europa to Meridian, from a budding artist with an abusive husband to a seven-year-old with a rare form of cancer, each story contains elements of hope and healing and honors the heart, soul, and history of the Magnolia State. 20190805. Short Stories. Southern Fiction. Small town and rural Fiction.