It Was the Goodness of the Place

by Lucinda Dixon Sullivan (2003)

hardback

It Was The Goodness of the Place shimmers along humanity’s fault lines with unerring wisdom, clarity, and grace. Lucinda Dixon Sullivan casts a steady, sure light onto the souls of her characters, revealing hardscrabble patches of pure terror but also verdant landscapes seeded with hope, decency, and redemption. This is a stunning debut.
-Connie May Fowler, When Katie Wakes and Before Women Had Wings

Lucinda Dixon Sullivan captures the time and place of this novel so brilliantly that I felt as if I had stepped back to mid-century and found a fully realized town called Milan, Kentucky. The plot never loosens its grip and the language is beautiful, tight and graceful. It Was the Goodness of the Place is a completely wonderful novel and Lucinda Dixon Sullivan is a stunning new voice.
-Silas House, A Parchment of Leaves