Josephine Humphreys is an American novelist whose works delve deeply into the Southern psyche and the intricacies of human relationships. Her writing is celebrated for its keen insight into the human condition and its quiet yet compelling style. Humphreys often explores themes of identity, family, and the past's influence on the present for her characters. Her novels offer readers engaging and thoughtful explorations of life in the American South.
Brought up in a mixed-race community - part Scots, part Native American - in the forests of North Carolina in the mid-nineteenth century, Rhoda is the first of her family to be able to read and her parents have plans for her.
17-year-old Lucille Odom goes through a tumultuous summer in Mount Pleasant, S.C., when her mother abandons the family, her father becomes obsessed with finding his wife, and her older sister comes home married and pregnant.