Leaving Cold Sassy The Unfinished Sequel to Cold Sassy Tree

Olive Ann Burns was born in 1924 on a farm in Banks County, Georgia, and went to school in nearby Commerce, which was the model for Cold Sassy. She attended Mercer University in Macon, Georgia; received a degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and for ten years was on the Sunday magazine staff of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. She is married to the magazine's editor, Andrew Sparks, and they have two children. This novel has its roots in stories told by the author's parents and other relatives. Nine years ago, while recovering from cancer, Olive Ann Burns decided to try her hand at fiction, "for something more exciting to think about than fever and chemotherapy." The result is "Cold Sassy Tree", which was a Book of the Month club slternate selection and was nominated for an American Book Award. The author is now deceased.Burns, Olive Ann is the author of 'Leaving Cold Sassy The Unfinished Sequel to Cold Sassy Tree', published 2007 under ISBN 9780618919802 and ISBN 0618919805.