The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace
A Novel
$34.96
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2025
Summary
Barefoot strangers crashing a beloved cat’s funeral leads to horrified pearl clutching, wacky adventures, and blossoming friendships in Megan Okonsky’s hilariously irreverent debut.
Tombstone, Texas, has never seen anything like the barefoot travelers who barrel in one afternoon, looking like they just stepped out of the seventies. They appear right in the middle of Pinky Elizabeth Swear’s eulogy for her beloved rescue cat, Sweet Potato Grace (may she rest in eternal …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781941360897 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1941360890 |
| Author: | Megan Okonsky |
| Publisher: | Lanternfish Press |
| Imprint: | Lanternfish Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2025 |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm |
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Critics Review
“With its humorous, slice-of-life portrayal of rural Texas and sweet sapphic romance, [The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace] is sure to charm.”—Publishers Weekly
“A Southern sapphic delight with fun speculative flourishes, The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace is a triumphant novel in which a Texas woman finds freedom among outsiders.”—Foreword Reviews
“[The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace] reminds us that sometimes, letting go is the only path to truly finding oneself.”—Sara Arnell, author of There Will Be Lobster – Memoir of a Midlife Crisis
“Pinky’s voice—her hilarious colloquialisms—rings clear as a bell and has the reader rooting for her to take off her shoes and follow her heart.”—Yvonne Osborne, author of Let Evening Come
About The Author
Megan Okonsky
Megan Okonsky is a ghostwriter, novelist, and murder mystery party host. Known for her conversational voice and wit, Okonsky specialises in helping business leaders uncover their ‘hero’s journey’. As a novelist, she writes about cats and queer joy. Her work has appeared in Reductress and Mantra Wellness. Her short story, ‘The Five Stages of Grieving My Attention Span’, was a finalist in Southern New Hampshire University’s 2024 Fall Fiction Contest. Okonsky is a proud member of the Writers’ League of Texas and the Association of Ghostwriters. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her wife and their cat, Funny Business.
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