An eighth-generation Southerner who seems to have found herself in California (which is south of here), Amy Franklin-Willis visits with a debut novel, The Lost Saints of Tennessee (Grove/Atlantic) that carries hard-earned grace in its pages. "In her splendid debut novel, Amy Franklin-Willis delivers a tender, lyrical tale about one broken man's search for forgiveness, healing, and the real meaning of family. Her words ring true on every page and compel us to follow in step as Ezekiel Cooper journeys from the life he has known to the one he so desperately craves." – Susan Gregg Gilmore. "The Lost Saints of Tennessee is a joy—a wonderful, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting story about the unbreakable bonds of brotherhood and the human will to survive." – Elizabeth George.