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Anna Jean Mayhew

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January 27, 1940 in Charlotte, North Carolina, The United States

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Anna Jean (A.J.) Mayhew’s first novel, The Dry Grass of August, won the 2011 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, and was an Okra Pick of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. Delta Magazine of Mississippi included the book as one of the top five novels of 2011. A Blackstone Audio book came out in December, and the novel is being translated into French and Italian for release in 2013. Last September, A. J. dined with Governor Beverly Perdue and the First Gentleman at a gathering to honor North Carolina authors, and is now working on her next novel, Tomorrow’s Bread. She will be on the faculty of the Hub City Writers Project at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC, July 13-15, 2012, at On the Same Page Literary Festival September 13-...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 2,368 ratings · 546 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Dry Grass of August 3.81 avg rating — 2,367 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Dry Grass of August [With Earbuds] by Anna Jean Mayhew (Goodreads Author), Karen White (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Sensational South Carolina: The Best from the Palmetto State 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1999	My rating:

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Anna made a comment on the poll: Vote for our October 2011 group read! (If the book you nominate is chosen, You are expected to lead the read & discussion! Also, please refrain from voting if you are not going to participate in the read & discussion). Read & discuss to begin Monday 10/3. : "thanks, Jo...yes, incredibly well...book just went into 5th printing; I'm a finalist for the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction. I'm so pleased and...more "
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Anna liked Heather's review of The Dry Grass of August: " I read this last night on the flight home. A compelling story of a young girl in the South in the 1950's. I laughed but mostly cried...how could people be so ignorant???? Some language, violence and innuendos...but still worth the read! "
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Anna liked Jen's review of The Dry Grass of August: " Reminded me of to kill a mockingbird with more flawed realistic characters. "
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