Voices of the Bayou: Southern Book Tour

Hi friends,

There is something about coming back to a story after it has had time to settle… to breathe… to reveal what you did not yet have eyes to see.

Rainbow Over the Bayou: Jim Crow Through the Eyes of a White Girl was written from that place. Looking back and remembering as I wrote became a quiet reckoning with a childhood that held more than I understood at the time.

The story is set along the Louisiana bayou, where beauty and brokenness often lived side by side. My story follows Mimi, a young white girl, and Willa Mae, the woman who helped raise her. Through the lens of memory, and the passing of years, Mimi begins to see what was always there… the weight of injustice, the tenderness of relationship, and the steady, redeeming presence of God even in the hardest places.

It is a story of what was seen… and what was missed.

Of what shaped us… and what calls us into action.

And now, I have the honor of stepping into a new season with this story… meeting readers, sharing the journey, and listening to the stories it stirs in others.

If you are nearby, I would love to see you.

Voices of the Bayou: The stories, inspiration, and journey behindRainbow Over the Bayou

May 6
DeRidder, Louisiana
Beauregard Parish Library
3:00 pm

May 8
Port Allen, Louisiana
West Baton Rouge Museum
12:00 pm

May 9
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Louisiana Old State Capitol (House Chamber)
10:00 am

May 12
Laurel, Mississippi
Laurel-Jones County Black History Museum and Arts
5:00 pm

May 13
Flowood, Mississippi
G. Chastaine Flynt Memorial Library
1:00 pm

If you have ever looked back on your own life and wondered what you did not yet understand… this story may meet you there.

With love,

Linda