Author Jonathan Odell will read from his new book, The Healing, on Thursday, May 24 at
5:30 p.m. at The Gnu’s Room.
Rich in mood and atmosphere, The Healing is a warmhearted novel about the unbreakable
bonds between three generations of female healers and their power to restore
the body, the spirit, and the soul. Inspired by true-life events, Odell brings
the pre-Civil War South to life in this masterfully written novel, centered on
a mysterious and charismatic healer readers won’t soon forget.
Jonathan Odell is the author of the acclaimed novel The View from Delphi which deals
with the struggle for equality in pre-civil rights Mississippi, his home
state. Odell grew up in the Jim Crow South and became involved in the
civil rights movement in college. He holds a master’s degree in counseling
psychology and has been active in human resource development for over 30 years.
The reading is free and open to everyone. Co-sponsored by
the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the
College of Liberal Arts and The Gnu’s Room.
