It’s 1970’s Southern Alabama. Sixty two year-old Jeremiah Lewis Taylor, or “Nub, has a good heart but he’s always courted trouble. People have always said he’s no good, the town drunk, earning a crust here and there with his cousin Benny, most of the money ending up in the local ale house, and at his age why change the habits of a lifetime - anyway it would be impossible wouldn’t it?

Enter 15 year old Waffle House waitress Minnie, her father is a convicted murderer serving a life sentence, her mother is dead, and she has a Grand Ole Opry–worthy singing voice with no place to perform. To add to Minnie’s woes she is pregnant by a narcissistic high school boy, who took advantage of her because he could, because nobody ever said no to him, and he reckoned she ought to be grateful that he gave her any attention. Minnie is the first person who ever made Nub believe he could be a better person, now’s his chance to change and make his own life and Minnie’s much happier by being a friend, being there in her time of need, something he should have done for his own daughter.

This author sure knows how to make his characters come to life, the minutiae of life that makes both the story, and his characters sing, makes them meaningful, makes them jump off the page. This novel is about life, its ups and its downs, and it demonstrates yet again how powerful human endurance can be, and what a heartwarming story it is, peppered throughout with humour, courtesy of our protagonist Nub. Recommended.

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In a Nutshell: A heartwarming Southern historical fiction. Loved the characters, the plot, and most of all, the writing. How have I not read anything by Sean Dietrich before?!?! Much recommended! Check the triggers though.

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Story Synopsis:
1972. Sixty-two-year-old Nub Taylor is known for all the wrong things in his small rural hometown in southern Alabama. He does menial blue-collar jobs, drinks and smokes too much, doesn’t go to church, and lives his life without any sense of responsibility, and is close only to his cousin Benny. To be fair, he does feel remorse about being estranged from his daughter Emily, but it seems too late to salvage that relationship.
When fifteen-year-old Waffle House waitress Minnie enters Nub’s life in an unexpected manner, he finally feels he has a purpose. But unknown to them both, this new bond will soon be in danger from an unexpected source.
The story comes to us from the third person points of view of Nub, Minnie, and Emily.

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