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The Kudzu Queen

The Kudzu Queen

Herman, Mimi

Paperback

General Fiction

Publisher Price: $19.95

ISBN10: 1646033108
ISBN13: 9781646033102
Publisher: Regal House Publishing
Published: Jan 10 2023
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.30 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

Funny, sad, and tender... Mimi Herman has written a novel that possesses a true and hard won understanding of the South. --David Sedaris, author of Happy-Go-Lucky

Fifteen-year-old Mattie Lee Watson dreams of men, not boys. So when James T. Cullowee, the Kudzu King, arrives in Cooper County, North Carolina in 1941 to spread the gospel of kudzu--claiming that it will improve the soil, feed cattle at almost no cost, even cure headaches--Mattie is ready. Mr. Cullowee is determined to sell the entire county on the future of kudzu, and organizes a kudzu festival, complete with a beauty pageant. Mattie is determined to be crowned Kudzu Queen and capture the attentions of the Kudzu King. As she learns more about Cullowee, however, she discovers that he, like the kudzu he promotes, has a dark and predatory side. When she finds she is not the only one threatened, she devises a plan to bring him down. Based on historical facts, The Kudzu Queen unravels a tangle of sexuality, power, race, and kudzu through the voice of an irresistibly delightful (and mostly honest) narrator.

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