Gonna Lay Down My Burdens

Bestselling author Mary Monroe won rave reviews from critics and readers alike with her first two novels, God Don''t Like Ugly and The Upper Room, both Main Selections of the Black Expressions Book Club. Now she returns with the masterful Gonna Lay Down My Burdens--that rare novel that inspires laughter, tears, and repeat readings.

In the sweltering little town of Belle Helene, Alabama, Carmen Tay...