Lynne Bryantgrew up in Columbus, Mississippi, and has lived for many years in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she teaches nursing at the University of Colorado. She is the author of Alligator Lakeand Catfish Alley.
Beautifully written and extremely poetic... full of tales of courage and endurance that may bring you to tears with their intensity, this is not a novel you'll soon forget. <br> - RT Book Reviews, 4 and1/2 stars--TOP PICK <br> A tender, wise, unique story of life, love, and southern women, crafted by a skilled writer who understands the struggle to find happiness and the healing power of friendship. <br> -Lisa Wingate, author of Beyond Summer and Larkspur Cove <br> In the tradition of The Help, Lynne Bryant's Catfish Alley tackles the racial divide of both 1920s and current-day Mississippi in a page- turning narrative that has, at its heart, the search for personal connections as the path to both survival and understanding. <br> -Lalita Tademy, author of Cane River <br> Catfish Alley is a bittersweet love song to the union of women, and a heartfelt meditation on the old and new wounds of a South that still must tiptoe, still doesn't always know how to mo