A Lineage of Deception: A Southern Novel

by Maryann Hopper

Overview

Set in Mississippi near Birdsong Farm, the family compound, A LINEAGE OF DECEPTION is an inter-generational journey of the cunning Hopkins sisters, their errant husbands, their two besieged daughters, and a "lost" granddaughter. The sisters' dreams are hampered by deceitful choices that create obstacles they are unsure how to overcome. Bea, a newspaper reporter, ever on the hunt for an award-winning story, juggles an affair, a husband in prison, a cruel lie about the man her daughter called Daddy, a murder investigation, and her daughter's estrangement. Investigating an adoption agency, Bea makes a startling discovery and uncovers a scandal involving her sister Pearl, its ramifications eventually disrupting the lives of both daughters. The exposure of frayed parental love compels both daughters to delve into unknown parts of their mothers' and their fathers' lives, uncovering deeds both shameful and ridiculous. A LINEAGE OF DECEPTION entertains with vibrant characters and stunning twists.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161094334
Publisher:	Mountain Arbor Press, an Imprint of BookLogix
Publication date:	04/27/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Maryann Hopper is a writer and a storyteller who grew up in Mississippi. Her first collection of short stories,
Missing the Magnolias, was an audio book. Her second collection of short stories was entitled, Don’t Let the Flies In. Both were independently published. She was selected for the Tucson Festival of Books Masters Fiction Workshop in 2015. Her short story, “The Losses Go Deeper,” won honorable mention in the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition in 2016. Her short story “New Brunswick Enigma” was a finalist in the Lit/South Awards for Fiction in 2022. She has written nonfiction articles as part of Womonwrites’ Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project that were published in Sinister Wisdom 2014-2022. “My Croning,” a chapter from her memoir in progress, was included in the anthology Crone Chronicles 20-20: Intimately Inspiring Glimpses into the Lives of Wise Women 52+. She has a master’s degree from the University of Memphis. This work is her first novel. She lives in Marietta, Georgia, with her partner, Drea
Firewalker, and their two housecats, Kali Sue and Littlecat.