Lint Head - Hardcover

by Bill Fortenberry (Author)

Sheltered and never married, Brenda Lee Branch's life is mundane and predictable, living with her father and never-married brother in a rural textile mill town, until a phone call from the past opens the door to new possibilities.

The result is a decision to hitchhike to the 1982 World's Fair where she plans to meet the first and only boy she ever kissed, until she finds herself in the back of a police car.

Along the way, the reader gets a glimpse of Brenda's faith, her innocence and her optimism, despite living a life with seemingly few options. She's left wondering if it's wrong for her to want to be loved, and whether her hope for something more ended on the road to Knoxville.

A small group of protectors support Brenda and help her navigate life as a denim mill worker who never learned to drive. These characters live their lives against the backdrop of a classic Southern mill town where the citizens work hard during the week, go to football games on Friday nights, buy groceries on Saturdays and go to church on Sundays.

Lint Head is a work of Southern fiction, based on a true story. In an era of New South narratives, Lint Head celebrates the traditional values that have defined Southern life for decades and recalls a way of life that may no longer exist. This novel is intended for fiction lovers, literature enthusiasts who enjoy authentic stories and regional story seekers who find wisdom and identity in the misunderstood, disadvantaged and genuinely innocent.