Mississippi Flyway
In
the lush literary tradition of such acclaimed Southern writers as
Flannery O'Connor
and Katherine Ann Porter, Nel Rand pens an extraordinary tale of one
woman's search
to uncover a past full of haunting family secrets.
Thirty-one
year-old Ellie Moon goes on a three-week road trip with her estranged
father,
Tiny, conman and famous gambler. They follow the Mississippi River from
St. Louis
down to New Orleans, while being chased by a crazed Kentucky sheriff
hell-bent
on revenge on Tiny. Amidst poker games, an eating contest, a near
drowning in
the Mississippi River, and a Voodoo ceremony, Ellie retrieves memories
from childhood
that connect her dark past with the present. She learns that in order
to forgive
she must first remember.
Nel Rand was born a
stones throw from
the Mississippi River, in St. Louis, and
grew up in southern Illinois, and Kentucky.
She now lives in a cabin in the woods near
Portland, Oregon. Mississippi Flyway is her
first novel. She has finished her second novel, "The Burning Jacket",
and is currently working on a
collection of short stories
Nel Rand, a finalist in the 2007 Foreword Magazine Book of the
Year Award.


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