Rebecca Meredith has carried the seeds of her novel The Last of the Pascagoula with her for years. A poet, psychoanalyst and native daughter of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, she follows in the tradition of the Southern novel in her story of 15-year-old Kate Lynn and her sister Martha. The two grow up as outsiders in a small Mississippi town during the 1960s before returning as adults.
Meredith’s success at melding together a compelling plot and sympathetic characters in an unforgettable setting earned the novel a star. Here the author talks to us about the South, the plight of ...
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