Josephine Red Dirt and Whiskey Author:Melinda McGuire "Lying, cussing, smoking, drinking, fornicating, all those things Brother Richard told the congregation not to do, Josephine was doing every one of them and then some." — So begins the secretive story of Josephine Killian Johnson, a young widow, alone in rural northeast Texas during the Great Depression. — Josephine can cuss a blue streak, out dri... more »nk a grown man, and smoke cigarettes as fast as she can roll them, but only in private.
In public, Josephine goes to church, drives the old women to the quilting circle, and donates to the needy, until Ethan comes along.
The lust Ethan ignites within Josephine threatens to bring all her secrets to light.« less