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The Last Hotel For Women
In her fourth novel Covington threads the turbulent racial unrest of Civil Rights-era Birmingham into the already complicated fabric of one white family's life. On Mother's Day, 1961, a busload of freedom riders arrived in Birmingham, Alabama, from "up North." A group of angry white men, including members of the Ku Klux Klan, armed with pipes and clubs, greeted them. Life...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
July 27th 1999
by University Of Alabama Press
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is a Birmingham brothel that is home to the madame's daughter and her family during the 1961 Civil Rights fight. Dinah, her husband Pete, their children Benny and Grace, are living in the hotel while their new house is being built. They rent to news reporters and one mysterious Freedomrider named Angel. They're all constantly visited by Bull Connor Commissioner of Public Safety and old friend of Dinah's mother.
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Vicki Covington lives in Homewood, Alabama with her husband, the author Dennis Covington. She has taught creative writing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Vicki's novel, The Last Hotel for Women, was converted for the stage by her brother, playwright Randy Marsh, and was performed before sell-out crowds. It was also chosen by the University of Alabama Press for their Deep South series.
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