New Mercies

Natchez, Mississippi in 1933 is a place suspended in time. The silver and china is still dented and cracked from the Yankee invaders, and the houses have names--and memories. Nora Bondurant knows little about her father's people, but when she inherits a crumbling mansion and learns that the aunt who left it to her was killed in a murder/suicide, she begins her journey to Natchez. The lure of Natchez runs deep, and as Nora becomes more enmeshed in local tradition, she uncovers surprising things about her aunt's life, and her death. But foremost, she learns that every day we are givenDallas, Sandra is the author of 'New Mercies', published 2005 under ISBN 9781585476183 and ISBN 1585476188.