Title: cloying Southern "charm"
Product review: Take your first warning from the fact that the main protagonist calls herself "Weezie." Everyone has a cutsie Southern nickname and some endearing personality quirk. Then there's the whole Uncle James subplot, told from his point of view, which is might have been interesting but ends up seeming like just another gimmick thrown into the mish-mash of contrivances that make up this novel. The book tries WAY too hard, in my opinion. Usually I like this sort of thing (Edgerton, Pearson, Welty, Dufresne) but this just goes over the top and leaves no real meat behind.
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