Sister of Sorrows - by Henry Ball (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>A Tumultuous and Remarkable Journey Through Life, Love, and Lost in the Wilds of Southern Louisiana</strong></p><p><br></p><p>When Frank Hayden learns he has a long-lost sister, doors open to the past and a slew of buried memories in the swamplands of Southern Louisiana. The story contains shocking details of a child conceived by a renowned clergy member and released to secret adoption, Byzantine laws of sexist property possession, flash floods of urgent proportions, monumental counterfeiting schemes, and a college football tailback nearly as famous as God. Some of the names and events in Henry Ball's novel, <em>Sister of Sorrows</em>, have been changed to protect the innocent, <strong>and maybe some were guilty, too.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>Sister of Sorrows</em> also tells the untold story of America's most notorious counterfeiting scheme. In 1983, the FBI arrested Louisiana's greatest hero, </p><p>Billy Cannon. While Frank's Dad, Beck Hayden, a co-conspirator in the scheme escapes arrest, Billy is forced to face the music and it has far-reaching consequences for his whole family. Ultimately Billy crawls then climbs back to respectability-decades after he had been coined a "Counterfeit Hero" by <em>Sports Illustrated</em>, Louisiana celebrates "The Redemption of Billy Cannon" <em>(ESPN - Outside the Lines)</em>.</p>
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