His plans to leave the town of Marrying Stone Mountain at the end of summer are altered drastically when he accidentally ends up wedded to Meggie. After nearly dying from Meggie's disastrous cooking, Roe settles into the slow-paced Ozark life with its patchwork quilt of lovable characters. They're an odd bunch Jesse Best is a simpleminded, amiable giant who rescues Roe when he becomes lost and wants to know, ``Can we keep him?'' Jesse's sister Meggie immediately throws herself into Roe's arms, claiming he's her long-awaited prince, and their lame father Ornery puts more value in Roe's strong back then in his wallet. Monroe ``Roe'' Farley ventures into the darkest depths of the Ozark Mountains with his ediphone (a 1902 voice recording machine) to search for long-forgotten folk songs, he inadvertently finds himself becoming part of the Best household. Emma Dix ran away with a married man but is given a chance to regain her reputation when she returns to nurse her dying father. The third coupling pairs Emma Dix, the town's fallen woman, and Doc Odie Foote. Luther and Arthel's mother was Native American, and the racial taunts of Maybelle (including names such as ``Chief Buffalo Brain'') serve as the aggressive catalyst of their relationship. More unexpected is the relationship between Luther's younger brother Arthel and the beauty queen, Maybelle Penny. The plot develops with predictable self-discovery and the evolution from friendship to sexual passion. Her best friend, Luther Briggs, the most attractive bachelor in town, vows to help her save face by a make-believe courtship.
The story begins when spunky but plain Tulsa May Bruder, the reverend's daughter, is publicly jilted by Dr. Set in Plattsville, Okla., when Woodrow Wilson was president, this novel recalls rural America in the days of carousels, country dances and the simple pleasures of church and home. Morsi's ( Garters ) novel has a strong sense of time and place.
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