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I bought this book primarily because of "Two Weeks in August" which I thoroughly enjoyed. While this book promised to blow the lid off of a small Southern town, it really rehashes all the cliches of small-minded, redneck bible beaters. True, here most of the rednecks are depicted as "Southern" ladies, but the hypocrisy and small-mindedness are the same. As for the story, it's a downer from the get-go. Child abuse, vicious gossip, hateful people... you know, the usual happy themes. Even though the last few pages end the story on a nice note, nothing in this town has changed, so the reader is left with a feeling that there is more hate and grief to come.Nat Burns misses a great opportunity to flesh out the conflict between Kaylen, Jane Anne and the citizens of South O'migod (Freshwater, NC). I was left feeling I had just read the introductory foundation to a really great story that never appeared. I will buy Nat's next book in hopes that this one exhausted her hate and disgust with small town, USA.