For The Daily Southerner
TARBORO —
Mary E. B. Smith will talk about her book, “The Scent of Gardenia: A Killing in Princeville,” on Saturday, Sept. 18 at 2 p.m. in the Princeville Museum
“The Scent of Gardenia” a work of fiction, goes into the shadows of homosexuality in a small black town in the south. During Hurricane Floyd that devastated the oldest black incorporated town in America, caskets washed from the ground. Inside one is a white woman buried there over 30 years before. Her return is the price of that secret.
It begins as a tale of murder, secrets and lies. It ends as a story of belonging, sacrifice and love. Throughout, it is a search for truth.
Smith’s book talk, the first in a series by black authors, is sponsored by the Perry-Weston Institute.
Copies of “The Scent of Gardenia” will be available for purchase ($18.26) and can be autographed by. Smith.
For additional information, call 823-0275.
