Book Your Lunch with Shirley Twiss

Shirley Twiss

Mon., March 29th, 2010 from 12-2pm
@ The Lazy Goat, $25 per person
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Greenville resident Shirley Twiss always longed to be a writer, but for many years this dream took a back seat to her happy life as a wife, mother and teacher. Shirley’s debut novel, Cotton in Augusta, was nominated for the 2009 SIBA Award for Fiction and has proved well worth the wait.

Cotton in Augusta tells the tale of Myra, a sharecropper’s daughter who never knew the joys of childhood or leisure in her adult life. Her struggle was always to make the best of her circumstances to brighten the way for those she loves. Fate, however, has hatched up a different plan.

Cotton in Augusta is not the usual tale of the genteel life of Southern ladies. Rather, it is a story of the true heroines of the South; the ones who struggled against poverty, prejudice, class, and the status of women to raise strong and successful families.

 About the author:
Shirley Proctor Twiss, a true daughter of the South, grew up in Swainsboro, Georgia, a small town surrounded by tall pines and cotton fields. She was an avid listener to the great story tellers of her family. Writing was always a dream, but for many years this took a back seat to her happy life as a wife, mother and teacher.

The author is now retired, a widow, and living in Greenville, South Carolina. She is blessed to have three caring children, five wonderful grandchildren, a really fun great-grandson, a self-centered cat and stories to write.