The Kudzu Queen
By
Mimi Herman
Read by
Courtney Patterson
Release:
08/15/2023
Release:
08/15/2023
Release:
08/15/2023
Runtime:
11h 12m
Runtime:
11h 12m
Runtime:
11h 12m
Unabridged
Quantity:
“Courtney Patterson brings mid-century North Carolina to life with her narration of this coming-of-age story…Patterson recounts town, family, and personal secrets at a slow pace that adds to the novel’s dramatic effect…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
A Southern Literary Review Pick of the Month
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Fifteen-year-old Mattie Lee Watson dreams of men, not boys. So when James T. Cullowee, the Kudzu King, arrives in Cooper County, North Carolina, in 1941 to spread the gospel of kudzu—claiming that it will improve the soil, feed cattle at almost no cost, even cure headaches—Mattie is ready. Mr. Cullowee is determined to sell the entire county on the future of kudzu, and organizes a kudzu festival, complete with a beauty pageant. Mattie is determined to be crowned Kudzu Queen and capture the attentions of the Kudzu King. As she learns more about Cullowee, however, she discovers that he, like the kudzu he promotes, has a dark and predatory side. When she finds she is not the only one threatened, she devises a plan to bring him down. Based on historical facts, The Kudzu Queen unravels a tangle of sexuality, power, race, and kudzu through the voice of an irresistibly delightful (and mostly honest) narrator.
Fifteen-year-old Mattie Lee Watson dreams of men, not boys. So when James T. Cullowee, the Kudzu King, arrives in Cooper County, North Carolina, in 1941 to spread the gospel of kudzu—claiming that it will improve the soil, feed cattle at almost no cost, even cure headaches—Mattie is ready. Mr. Cullowee is determined to sell the entire county on the future of kudzu, and organizes a kudzu festival, complete with a beauty pageant. Mattie is determined to be crowned Kudzu Queen and capture the attentions of the Kudzu King. As she learns more about Cullowee, however, she discovers that he, like the kudzu he promotes, has a dark and predatory side. When she finds she is not the only one threatened, she devises a plan to bring him down. Based on historical facts, The Kudzu Queen unravels a tangle of sexuality, power, race, and kudzu through the voice of an irresistibly delightful (and mostly honest) narrator.
Release:
2023-08-15
2023-08-15
2023-08-15
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
11h 12m
11h 12m
11h 12m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.75 lb
0.5 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9798350838107
9798212964432
9798212964449
Publisher:
Tantor
Tantor
Tantor
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