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“Rarely will a book touch your heart like A Place to Call Home. So sit back, put up your feet, and enjoy.”—The Atlanta Journal and ConstitutionTwenty years ago, Claire Maloney was the willful, pampered, tomboyish daughter of the town's most respected family, but that didn't stop her from befriending Roan Sullivan, a fierce, motherless boy who lived in a rusted-out trailer amid junked cars. No one in Dunderry, Georgia—least of all Claire's family--could understand the bond between these two mavericks. But Roan and Claire belonged together... until the dark afternoon when violence and terror overtook them, and Roan disappeared from Claire's life. Now, two decades later, Claire is adrift, and the Maloneys are still hoping the past can be buried under the rich Southern soil. But Roan Sullivan is about to walk back into their lives.... By turns tender and sexy and heartbreaking and exuberant, A Place to Call Home is an enthralling journey between two hearts—and a deliciously original novel from one of the most imaginative and appealing new voices in Southern fiction.Praise for A Place to Call Home“A beautiful, believable love story.”—Chicago Tribune“For sheer storytelling virtuosity, Ms. Smith has few equals.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch“Enchanting new novel... a beautiful love story of reunion.”—The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC“Stylishly written, filled with Southern ease and humor.”—Tampa Tribune

Twenty years ago, Claire Maloney was the willful, pampered, tomboyish daughter of the town's most respected family, but that didn't stop her from befriending Roan Sullivan, a fierce, motherless boy who lived in a rusted-out trailer amid junked cars. No one in Dunderry, Georgia—least of all Claire's family—could understand the bond between these two mavericks. But Roan and Claire belonged together...until the dark afternoon when violence and terror overtook them, and Roan disappeared from Claire's life. Now, two decades later, Claire is adrift, and the Maloneys are still hoping the past can be buried under the rich Southern soil. But Roan Sullivan is about to walk back into their lives....By turns tender and sexy and heartbreaking and exuberant, A Place to Call Home is an enthralling journey between two hearts—and a deliciously original novel from one of the most imaginative and appealing new voices in Southern fiction.

Publishers Weekly

A gracefully written and absorbing tale of a stubborn young woman's maturation amid a self-involved Southern clan, Smith's (Silk and Stone) sixth novel is a page-turner. Claire Mahoney is the fiercely independent daughter of the most prominent family in the insular small town of Dunderry, Ga., where class and race distinctions are fiercely observed. At the bottom of the tier is "white trash" widower Roan Sullivan, a disabled, alcoholic veteran and his son, Roanie. Claire sees the special qualities in this suspicious and distrustful boy and eventually wins Roanie's friendship. After his father is jailed, Roanie lives with the Maloneys, and becomes Claire's unequivocal protectoreven killing his own father when he assaults Claire. The frightened Maloneys send Roanie to a boys' home, from which he disappears. During the ensuing 20 years, Claire establishes herself as a crusading journalist. When she is injured in a murderous attack on the subject of her award-winning series on domestic violence, Claire comes home to Dunderry. She is listless and depressed until an unexpected reunion with a now worldly and wealthy Roanie reveals a shocking secret: during his fugitive years, Roanie raised the illegitimate son of a disreputable local woman and, allegedly, Claire's uncle. Soon, other dark secrets are revealed. Claire's elegiac voice, and the dark burden of guilt that haunts the narrative, prove seductive. Smith avoids melodrama as Claire, Roanie and others prove that with pure hearts people can transcend a troubled past. (Aug.)

A boy kills his father to protect his girlfriend from rape in this story of lovers from the opposite side of the tracks. Claire belongs to the elite of a Georgia town, while Ronnie is white trash. The killing separates them for 20 years, but fate will bring them together "Reunited twenty years after a violent act puts an end to their childhood friendship, two rural Southerners, Claire Maloney and Roan Sullivan, discover their abiding love for each other, even while they fear love cannot heal their childhood wounds"--NoveList