Douglas is a pseudonym for Josephine Haxton, an acclaimed Mississippi writer. Set in Mississippi during the 1960s and '70s, the narrative at first seems simply the story of two women -- Cornelia and her black maid Julia (called Tweet by everyone but Cornelia). Initially, Tweet's is the more dramatic tale, featuring a kindly grandfather, a blackguard father, money hidden in a tree, adultery, blatant racismall related with wonderful detail and suspense....