REVIEWS:              Enoree

Barry Rosenberg, Editor-in-chief of Defense Systems Magazine, writes:
Enoree is a story of friendship, redemption, and faith that evokes Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Jerry Mullinax is a writer with a special talent and voice for the South, who brings to life the personality of the story's main character, Jake, a young boy whose life of learning, adventure, and redemption is inextricably linked to the title of the book in a journey of discovery that I will never forget.

Ruth Morris, Professor of English at Greenville Technical College, writes:
Mullinax's portrayal is true to the ugliness of that time yet gentle in its forgiveness of human frailty. Mullinax has dealt with the themes of fear of the unknown, segregation, and discrimination in a story that offers redemption. This is a book to share with children to open up a conversation about befriending the "other" in our midst. The swing across that river is the metaphor for the boys bridging the turbulent waters of the Jim Crow south.

Author Lorraine Carey writes:
Jerry Mullinax is a master at descriptive visualization; he leaves the reader with the feeling that all souls have left an imprint on the Enoree River. I can only say that Enoree motivates me to visit this river where I will easily be able to close my eyes and see Jake and Gabriel swinging over Enoree. For sure, I will shed some tears again for Jo. The reader will easily identify with each character and actually be taken back to a time when play was magical. Mullinax leaves you with the feeling that all the souls have left an imprint on the Enoree River, a source of unending fascination.

Author Leanna Sain writes: 
Enoree is an intriguing tale about life in racially divided Pelham, South Carolina in the late 1950's. Jake's fascination with mentally-handicapped Emmett as well as Jake's secret friendship with Jo, a black boy from the wrong side of the river, flourishes amidst the hatred and bigotry simmering in this small-town atmosphere. Try as he might, Jake's dadddy is unable to root out this seed of racism within his congregation with tragic results. Enoree gives us a peek into life as it was in the rural South during this shameful time in our history and makes us very glad that it is in the past.

                          Target date: 
             EARLY SUMMER of 2012!!!!!!

Kortney Gessler of Unforgettable Books, Inc is applying the final touches to Enoree. Sarah, Kortney's sister, has designed the cover of Enoree. How do you like the rough version of the cover above to the right (the brick background with the neon title)? We're getting closer! 

                                              What is Enoree about? 
      Set in the small Southern town of Pelham, South Carolina in the 1950’s, Enoree depicts eight-year-old Jake’s surreptitious friendship with a black boy from across the Enoree River and Jake’s intrigue with Emmett, the “retarded janitor” of the local church. Once these relationships surface, the prejudice and intolerance embedded in the iniquitous heart of Buford Jackson, chairman of the deacons, emerge, affecting courage and character in Jake’s life and untimely death to others.
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