Blind Tongues

by Sterling Watson

Merelene Durham attempts to cope with her brain-damaged son and the sudden return of her husband after he deserted her years before

234 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

STERLING WATSON is the author of seven novels, including Deadly Sweet, Sweet Dream Baby, Fighting in the Shade, and Suitcase City. Watson’s short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Prairie Schooner, the Georgia Review, the Los Angeles Times Book Review, the Michigan Quarterly Review, and the Southern Review. He was director of the creative writing program at Eckerd College for twenty years and now teaches in the Solstice MFA Program at Pine Manor College in Boston. Of his sixth novel, Suitcase City, Tom Franklin said, “If this taut literary crime novel doesn’t center Sterling Watson on the map, we should change maps.” Watson lives in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Committee is his latest novel.

Reviews

[Bob · Rating 4 out of 5]

From Mom's handwritten notes, I think that she knew the author when she lived in St. Petersburg and taught high school English (he lived there then and was director of the creative writing program at Eckerd College).

The story is a well-written mystery, and a page turner with a good ending. Thanks, Mom!