‘Show Me a Kindness’

By Nancy Lawson Remler of Savannah. Remler is graduate of Central High School in Macon and writes under the pseudonym Nancy Brandon.

251 pages, $14.95 (Lake Union)

What it’s about: As America plunges into the Great Depression, Marthanne Hendrix finds herself in rural Vidalia, Georgia, with no idea how she got there. Bewildered by her lapses in memory, Marthanne is haunted by recollections of another life — and another self. Upon discovering she suffers from a mental illness, Marthanne struggles to keep her condition secret, doing anything to avoid her greatest fear: commitment to an insane asylum.

The author says: Narrated from the perspective of several Vidalia residents’ observations of Marthanne’s peculiar behavior, “Show Me a Kindness” weaves a tapestry of the challenges of Depression-era rural life, especially how survival requires depending on the kindness of others.

Where to find it: Amazon.com

By the same author: “Dunaway’s Crossing” (Lake Union)

This story was originally published June 16, 2017 at 11:31 AM with the headline "‘Show Me a Kindness’."