Perdido River Bastard

What if everything you thought you knew about your past was a lie? As they say in this family, the country road to hell and back is paved with the good intentions and secrets of Southern women.

Prodigal son Duddy Doogan has a promise to keep. He is going home, to a place where generations of his eccentric storytelling kin await his first visit since his father went missing. Home to where a powerful river carves an age-old border between Florida and Alabama. Home to a family tree of hidden secrets, lies, memory, and skin colors—but there is nothing black and white about the mysteries buried in its roots. Haunted by the trauma of a terrifying childhood accident and the love of i too many Southern women, Duddy begins to excavate the bones of his family history and put his broken life back together. When tragedy suddenly strikes, a promise to return home becomes a quest to reclaim the remains of his father from a long-lost uncle living deep in the Alabama swampland.

For Duddy Doogan, a journey into the heart of darkness will lead him to a shattering revelation about his own past, and a secret truth hiding in plain sight could change the lives of everyone living on the Perdido River.

A Southern Multi-generational Family Saga About Race, Secrets, Truths, Love, Hate, Life, Death, and History