Readers Say
In the tradition of some of the great Southern writers, Nancy Klann-Moren brings us Jason Lee Rainey, a white boy growing up in 1980s Hadlee, Mississippi, where simmering racial tensions provide a bumpy road for Jason Lee and his best friend, Samson Johnson, who is black. The author skillfully blends the two boys’ growing friendship and the taunting and violence Read the rest of this entry »
Readers Say
When I think about books that influenced from the South, names that come to mind are Harper Lee, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston to name a few. As we read their stories now, they take us back to a place in time that for some it reminisces good or bad but for others there is only a captured sentiment. After Read the rest of this entry »
Readers Say
The Clock of Life by Nancy Klann-Moren is a must-read. The story is a reminder of a significant time in history when American protests changed the status quo. The author artfully ties together two major events-the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War-with an interesting Southern narrator, Jason Lee, who struggles to come of age while haunted by the past, Read the rest of this entry »
Readers Say
Nancy Klann-Moren’s novel The Clock of Life was adopted by the Los Medanos College English Dept recently to be used in freshman writing classes. The story has great integrity while it quietly teaches history through a personal coming of age story. Students learn about rural life during a time before the Internet. What was life like in a small town Read the rest of this entry »
