📖 LEARNING TO SPEAK SOUTHERN 📖

Lex fled Memphis years ago, making ends meet with odd jobs teaching English around the world. She only returns when she has no choice, when her godmother presents her with a bargain she can't refuse. Lex has never understood her mother, who died tragically right before Lex's college graduation, but now she's got a chance to read her journals, to try and figure out what sent her mother spiraling all those years ago.

The Memphis that Lex inhabits is more bourbon and bbq joint than sweet tea on front porches, and as she pieces together the Memphis her mother knew, seeing the lure of the world through her mother's lush writing, she must confront more of her own past and the people she left behind. Once all is laid bare, Lex must decide for herself: What is the true meaning of family?

"Women's fiction lovers won't be able to put down this story of transformation, coming-of-age and the true meaning of family. Lindsey Rogers Cook has hit her stride!" - Kristy Woodson Harvey, USA Today bestselling author of Feels Like Falling

"Evoking the south in language as rich as the mystical landscape, Lindsey Cook has confirmed her place in the lexicon of Southern Fiction. We meet Lex as she is at the edge of losing everything but her beloved love of words, language and how they shape our lives. You will dwell deeply in the lyrical narrative of Learning to Speak Southern and you will not want to leave. Imaginative, immersive and beautifully intense, this is your new favorite read!" - Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Surviving Savannah

📖 HOW TO BURY YOUR BROTHER 📖

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Her brother's letters reveal everything — if only he'd written one to her.

Alice always thought she’d see her brother again. 

Rob ran away when he was fifteen, with so many years left to find his way home.  But his funeral happened first.

Now that she has to clear out her childhood home in Georgia, the memories come flooding in, bringing with them an autopsy report showing her family’s lies, and sealed, addressed letters from Rob.   In a search for answers to questions she’s always been afraid to ask, Alice delivers the letters. Each dares her to open her eyes to her family’s dark past—and her own role in it. But it’s the last letter, addressed to her brother’s final home in New Orleans, that will force her to choose if she’ll let the secrets break her or finally bring her home.

Everything I Never Told You meets The Night Olivia Fell set against a vivid Southern backdrop, How to Bury Your Brother follows a sister coming to terms with the mystery behind her brother’s disappearance and death.

Praise for How to Bury Your Brother:

“Part mystery, part Southern gothic, and wholly original, Cook’s debut novel establishes her as an author to watch.” - Lindsay Harmon, Booklist 

“An accomplished, insightful debut."” - Library Journal

"A deeply wise book about the secrets that families keep, about the dysfunctions that grumble just beneath the surface. A profoundly honest and insightful and beautiful novel." - Nathan Hill, New York Times bestselling author of The Nix

"Brilliantly plotted and beautifully written, How to Bury Your Brother questions how well we really know the people we love-and whether it's ever too late to learn the truth. An unforgettable debut." - Kristy Woodson Harvey, bestselling author of Slightly South of Simple

"Lindsey Cook is a radiant new voice in southern fiction…This is a book, and an author, who will grab your heart and not let go even after the very last page." - Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author

"A must-read." - Haley Harrigan, author of Secrets of Southern Girls

"A deeply felt novel that unspools the threads of secrets long-buried beneath the seemingly sunny surface of one Southern family. Readers will find themselves immersed in Alice's quest, and rooting for her to discover the real meaning of home." - Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author