Early Thursday
Author: Linda S. Cunningham
Imprint: Joshua Tree Publishing
Publication Date: August, 2011
In the summer of 1957 in the Cajun-French community of Cameron, Louisiana,
twelve-year-old Walt Boy LaCour copes with relational problems with his father. He
searches for answers to why his father Man LaCour disapproves of him and subjects him to physical abuse. While putting his sister's christening gown in the attic, Walt finds a packet of tear-stained letters and his mother's diary. He unlocks the secret of his mother's unhappiness and discovers her love affair with a German POW that raises paternity questions for him. Walt's journey of redemption begins when Hurricane Audrey hits earlier than expected. He and his family are stranded on the roof of their home and endure the ride of their lives while attempting to survive the twenty-foot tidal waves. Not all survive because of Walt's inaction. Years later, Walt lives with the nightmare until he meets his real father who restores his belief in miracles.
Linda S. Cunningham
Linda S. Cunningham is a native of Lake Charles, Louisiana where she experienced first hand accounts of the 1957 hurricane Audrey that killed over five hundred people in Cameron, Louisiana. Her father served as director of Civil Defense where she heard the many survival stories and saw the coroner's pictures that lend authenticity to the novel. The story and characters are fictional. Although this is Ms. Cunningham's first novel, she has several screenwriting awards including the silver award in Worldfest Charleston, Third place in Shot in LA and a Certificate of Merit-Finalist in Worldfest Houston. She has a BA degree from the University of Houston in English and Creative Writing and a BS and MED in Health and Physical Education from McNeese State University. She has two daughters and four grandchildren and resides in Kingwood, Texas with her husband Patrick Cunningham.
