A cute, fluffy little story that came as a breath of fresh air after the weighty (but still excellent) Allende book I read just before it. The Cotton Queen, which takes place in McKinney, Texas (about 10 minutes from where I was born, raised and living still!) is a story told primarily as a flashback. When Laney Hoffman’s daughter comes home as that year’s Cotton Queen and wants her mother to ride in the parade, Laney reflects on her relationship with her mother, the Cotton Queen […]