Athens: University of Georgia Press, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in rural South Carolina in the early years of the 20th century, this is the moving story of an interracial love affair, but even more the story of how the complex ties of land, blood and honor both bind and destroy the families, when the family bonds between black and white are silently ignored, denied or only obliquely acknowledged. A beautifully written book by this writer who is known for his essays on the southern landscape. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-820320021.