A Small Town

Shelby Hearon. Warner Books, $9.95 (335pp) ISBN 978-0-446-39261-7

Venice, Mo., resident Alma van der Linden copes with small town life, recognizes her unfulfilled need to connect with another individual and tries to sort out the resentments that have split her family. ``Hearon's ninth novel displays again her eye for detail, her ear for the true messages of conversation and her fondness for characters with spunky good humor,'' said PW. (June)

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