"It has been said that growing up in the South and becoming a writer is like spending your life riding in a wagon, seated in a chair that is always facing backwards," author Olive Ann Burns once commented. "I don't face life looking backwards, but I have written about past times and past people." Using the vivid recollections of her own family, Burns created the critically acclaimed bestseller Cold Sassy Tree as well as its unfinished sequel, Leaving Cold Sassy. Set in rural Georgia of the early twentieth century, Burns's works feature the reminiscences of Will Tweedy, from his amusing adolescent adventures and fascinated observations of life in Cold Sassy to his own courtship and coming of age. With its charming dialogue, endearing characters, and amusing portrayals of small-town life, Cold Sassy Tree proved a critical success and gained its first-time author legions of fans of all ages...