Rosa Barden Northcutt

Sister Ree Kate Rosa Barden Northcutt

Set in a rural community of Clayhill, Georgia. A general book of fiction that depicts the life style of a small town community where everybody knows everybody. However there are hidden secrets and lies of the past that haunt the people who make every effort to maintain their upstanding images. The characters have a loving caring relationship with each other throughout the closely knit rural community. Down by the creek is a little shack of a church where the pastor bellows out high power sermons. The church goers rock to the beat of good ole gospel songs and a one man band. They don't mind praising the Lord, and in the midst of it all, they love showing off their best Sunday-go-to-meeting outfits. Nothing much happens in the neighborhood except the deepest dark pain and the gossip that seem to spring from well-kept secrets. This book is also the sequel to Raging Roots. The main character in this previous published novel was Tara, the daughter of Sister Ree Kate. As readers venture through the fictional story, they will be able to identify with the main character Sister Ree Kate. The other characters will lend themselves to much laughter, joy, and suspense as the story unfolds. In this church going community, people can easily make the smooth transition from secular activities to non secular behavior. Just everyday people who find their lives being reminiscent of the by-gone years of their ancestors. This community also experiences tragedy, death, victims, and cover-up. Money seemed to have just dropped in their lap and they use it for a new church building. Sister Ree Kate's secret seems to always be on the verge of being revealed. Sister Ree Kate is a woman to be reckoned with but not one to be question or mince words with. Some of the residents seem to be intimidated by her or fear her. She demands perfection by her own arrived at standards. Others refer to her as a woman stepping in high cotton (a high society woman) for a rural town. Others may look upon her as