![]() ![]() A proficient but young writer, Harrigan still doesn't seem to have found a unique personal voice, or she's too intent on sticking to genre. ![]() The trouble is "Secrets of Southern Girls" touches all the Gothic bases (well, most of them), but doesn't come up with anything new or different. SECRETS OF SOUTHERN GIRLS by Haley Harrigan Published by Sourcebooks Coming Summer 2017 Description: Available for pre-order: Amazon Barnes & Noble Bio. An atmospheric thriller about a young woman who uncovers devastating secrets that will resurrect the people she lost and the lies she burieda suspenseful spin on the tender Southern novel. ![]() Her prose turns purplish in spots (Julie "smears enough makeup on her face to cover the raccoon-like circles beneath her eyes, left by alcohol and tears"), and she tends to use words like "ethereal." Still, she knows how to pace a story. 'Harrigan's novel, part mystery and part coming-of-age, explores the process of healing from tragedies and misunderstandings.'Publishers Weekly. (His last words to her, when she left town, were "Good riddance," with no irony.) And he seems to have anger issues. Toby's always had some kind of grudge against Julie. ![]() Global Nav Open Menu Global Nav Close Menu. Preview and download books by Haley Harrigan, including Secrets of Southern Girls. In place of the all-wise, heart-of-gold Truvy the Hairdresser, we get Nell, the friendly florist, who hires both girls when they're teens.Īnd in place of the Bad Ol' Boy, we get Julie's cousin Toby, the former campus drug dealer who's now making a living as a Goth artist, selling sinister paintings of bridges to city people. Preview and download books by Haley Harrigan, including Secrets of Southern Girls. ![]()
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