Lis Anna-Langston, author of "Tupelo Honey", has won in the New Fiction Category for the 2020 Independent Press Award.
TUPELO HONEY is the WINNER of NINE BOOK AWARDS including: A 2020 Independent Press Award WINNER for New Fiction! 'Gritty, superbly written and packed full of unforgettable characters. A FINALIST and highly recommended.' ~ The Wishing Shelf Book Awards A loveable, engaging, original voice, Tupelo brightens this accomplished tale of dysfunction in a family where “nothing had ever been right.” ~ Publishers Weekly ~ From the delicious title, (the spunky 11-year-old narrator was named after Elvis' birthplace) to every unconventional character and careful detail, Tupelo Honey is a delight. Set in rural Mississippi, with a cast of colorful southerners, it stars one dysfunctional family at the center of which is Tupelo Honey. Author Lis Anna-Langston gets into the head of her title girl completely, taking readers on a ride of a sort of haunted but beautiful mess. To paraphrase Tolstoy, it is the unhappy families that are unique -- and by definition, often mor...