The Great and Colorful Pinkie Green

The Great and Colorful Pinkie Green is a colorful, heartwarming story set in rural North Carolina in the early 1980s and is centered around Lou's relationship with her great aunt, Pinkie Green. Lou's childhood memories are filled with Pinkie Green––days of sitting on her black furry mushroom stool while watching soap operas, eating 'mater sandwiches, and dancing to eight tracks. Pinkie doesn't have much money, and they certainly don't go on extravagant outings, but Pinkie gives Lou some of the most memorable experiences of her childhood with her most precious gift: her time. In a world filled with technology, social media, and gaming, this book is a nostalgic glance at what was and what can be when people enjoy the simple and colorful things in day–to–day life together.

-- Candice Edwards