Leaving Cold Sassy: The Unfinished Sequel to Cold Sassy Tree

Anyone who came under the spell of Cold Sassy Tree will delight in this unfinished sequel, which returns to the story of the unforgettable Will Tweedy. Joined by such beloved characters as Grandpa Blakeslee and Miss Love, Will, at age twenty-five, now faces the complexities of adult life: he falls in love with his wife-to-be, and grapples with the influences of the modern world of 1917 on his rural Georgia town - recently renamed Progressive City. Before her death in 1990, Olive Ann Burns expressed her wish that the fifteen chapters she had written of Will's story be published as they are here, along with her notes for future scenes. In addition, Burns' longtime editor and friend, Katrina Kenison, leaves us with an appreciative reminiscence of the beloved author and the legacy she left behind.