What the Bayou Saw
Patti Lacy
Paperback, 336 pp., $14.99
Kregel Publications (March 24, 2009)

The past can’t stay buried forever. Since leaving her home in the South, Sally Stevens has held the secrets of her past at bay, smothering them in a sunny disposition and sugar-coated lies. No one, not even her husband, has heard the truth about her childhood. But when one of her students is violently raped, Sally’s memories bubble to the surface unbidden, like a dead body in a bayou. As her story comes to light, the lies she’s told catch up with her. And as her web of deceit unravels, she resolves to face the truth, whatever the cost.

An Irishwoman’s Tale
Patti Lacy
Paperback, 311 pp., $13.95
Kregel Publications (August 2008)

A shattered cup. Cheap tea. Bitter voices asking what’s to be done with the little eejit. Mary, an impetuous Irishwoman, won’t face the haunting memories… until her daughter’s crisis propels her back to County Clare. As Mary unearths horrible secrets, God reveals a way for her to bury a dysfunctional past.