2018 Local Authors Expo – Meet Rhonda Cowan, Author of Those Raisins of Wrath, Alabama

Rhonda Cowan, author of Those Raisins of Wrath, Alabama

Book: Those Raisins of Wrath, Alabama (March 2018)
How to reach the author: Twitter @cowanbr549
Quote Cowan uses as a guide in life: “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” - Emerson
Quote from Cowan about being involved in Local Authors Expo: “I am looking forward to my first Author's Expo at The Birmingham Library to meet with those who love to read and others who write!”

Rhonda Cowan of Chelsea has wanted to write a book for many years. In March 2018, Cowan finally gave in to the writing bug and self-published her first novel, Those Raisins of Wrath, Alabama.
The book title is a play on the famous work The Grapes of Wrath but deals with a far different subject. Those Raisins of Wrath is a fiction novel about a young woman missing in the small town of Wrath, Alabama.

When newlywed Elizabeth Locke Cannon was discovered missing in her small Alabama home, the people of Wrath were completely dumbfounded. Things like this just didn’t happen in Wrath. The uncertainly soon turns to dread as reports come in to the sheriff to be on the lookout for three escaped convicts from Texas on the loose, possibly in the area.

Word that the violent escaped prisoners could be hiding out in Wrath sends the rumor mill and speculation running wild that this could be tied to the missing newlywed. Cowan’s book examines the impact this has in the town until the truth of Elizabeth Locke Cannon’s disappearance is finally made clear.

“When writing my story, I wanted it to be enjoyed by people of all ages, so I am hopeful it will be passed around to friends and family for years to come," Cowan said.

Cowan finds inspiration for her fiction everywhere. When not busy writing, she can be found cultivating gardens filled with native plants on her Alabama farm where she lives with her dogs Blue Suede, Little Boy, Peaches, and Daisy.

Meet Cowan and over 20 other authors at the Birmingham Public Library 2018 Local Authors Expo on Saturday, August 11, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., in the Central Library Grand Reading Room. Read more about the event at www.bplonline.org/localauthors.