Fields, born in Charleston in 1888, recalls growing up among artisans and professionals in the segregated South.

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On Melbenan Drive just west of Atlanta, sunlight falls onto a long row of well-kept lawns. Two dozen homes line the street; behind them wooden decks and living-

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • The bravely imagined, wildly acclaimed debut novel from the author of Vampires in the Lemon Grove—ab

A classic in the literature of nostalgia. An appreciation for the Piedmont life and culture.