The Official Records
I put on my glasses and read the line slowly, with my finger under every word. “Gwendolyn Rose Akers, grantee: the cottage by the pond and ten acres of the …
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The Black Lincoln
I put on my glasses and read the line in the shaky handwriting of Mrs. Hanna, one slow word at a time. “To Thaddeus Boone, who drove me home for …
The Black Lincoln Read MoreThe Tax Roll
I put on my reading glasses and looked where his finger pointed. Beside the address on Monument Avenue, in the column marked owner of record, someone had written in a …
The Tax Roll Read MoreThe Green Ink
I put on my glasses, and the words in green ink swam and then settled. Beside my name, in the tidy hand that Mrs. Ravenel used to label her seed …
The Green Ink Read MoreThe Succession Book
I put on my glasses and read the line with my lips moving, the way I read the Bible when I was a girl. Under a column of old names, …
The Succession Book Read MoreThe Bunkhouse Key
Consuelo held the corner of the map flat with a silver bracelet as I leaned over it. Under the red ink of the old survey, in the unmistakable hand of …
The Bunkhouse Key Read MoreThe Plat Book
I read the line twice, and then I read it a third time with my finger under each word. Beside the name of my daddy, Josiah Lee Dunmore, in fresh …
The Plat Book Read MoreThe Bayberry Candle
I slid my thumbnail under the flap of the white envelope and drew out the papers slowly, so that everyone at the picnic table could see. “This is the closing …
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“I do, Mr. Calloway,” I said, and I folded my napkin and laid it beside my plate. “I bought this house in May, through a company I named for the …
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Jenna set the white envelope down, and her hand was shaking. “Leo, I do not understand. Why would a soda company send you a letter?” “Because I sold them my …
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