Lint Head
Lint Head, the award-winning debut novel from author Bill Fortenberry, was inspired by Bill's experiences working as a hairstylist while paying his way through college.
Working in a beauty shop not unlike Sumner's Lords & Ladies, Bill met, observed and admired the hard-working mill workers and other customers who frequented the little shop.
Brenda Lee Branch, the protagonist of Lint Head, was inspired by those Lords & Ladies patrons. Like her, they lived their lives based in loyalty, faith and the rhythm of the mill.
Told with heart, humor and compassion, Lint Head is recipient of the Georgia Independent Author of the Year Award for literary fiction and the GIAA Spotlight on Georgia Award. It is a love letter to small town America, the kind of places where peopole work hard during the week, go to football games on Friday nights, buy groceries on Saturdays and attend church on Sundays, a place where the train tracks separate their little town from the rest of the world.
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WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
"I love getting to know fictitious people so well that that I hate to say goodbye when I finish the book. I definitely would enjoy more visits with Brenda Lee, her family, and her friends ... good, country, salt-of-the-Earth, people next door who just want to live the best they can and leave the world a little better."
— Jim
"This is an engrossing and entertaining book. It is well written with interesting characters who are revealed as layer after layer is peeled away."
— Kris
"The characters are endearing. Their lives are humble. Their food is traditional. Their faith is strong. Because it is set in the 1980s, their hair is big! The author has us rooting for the underdog. Nothing is overly dramatic. A very sweet story appropriate for readers of any age."
— Southern Charm
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