Canaan's Oothoon
Canaan’s Oothoon is the debut novel from Baylor University professor Dr. Donna Walker-Nixon. All proceeds will be donated to Literacy Texas, a state-wide coalition that strives to connect and equip literacy programs across Texas through resources, training, networking and advocacy.
Book Description
A bad seed blows into Allard's Crossing, Texas. Canaan Watson is beyond anything the women of this little town have seen. Brash and daring, he believes himself to be the reincarnation of poet William Blake and that he is destined to find his perfect mate - his Oothoon - to create his new world order. Cautious, but strangely attracted, some of the local women fall under his spell: Emma Mae, an elderly woman who wants nothing more than to talk to her deceased daughter through a medium; Lura, the Pentecostal woman who wants to feel the kind of love he offers; and Maria Elena, the vulnerable teenage granddaughter of Bonnie Hobbs. An 'Oothoon', according to Canaan, is the kind of woman who can cast off middle class propriety and give into her own sexuality but Bonnie Hobbs knows that's just a load of manure he uses to cast his spell over the gullible and unwary. Bonnie is one tough grandma and she's seen the likes of this good-for-nothing Canaan before. When he shacks up with Lura, it's proof to Bonnie that he's worthless and not to be trusted, but Bonnie seems to be alone in her conviction. Soon her cousin Emma May gets sucked into Canaan's lies when he leads her to believe that for an ongoing sum of money she can really communicate with her deceased daughter. As the women around her are slowly drawn into his web, Bonnie tries to protect her land, her friends and even her own granddaughter from his evil schemes but is it already too late?
About the Author
Dr. Donna Walker-Nixon received a Ph.D. in English from Texas A&M at Commerce with a specialization in fiction, poetry, drama and linguistics. She was the founding editor, with Marilyn Robitaille, of the Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas, the founding editor of Windhover: A Journal of Christian Literature, and the co-editor of the New Texas series with James Ward Lee. In 2001 and 2002, she was editor of CCTE Studies, the academic journal of the Conference of College Teachers of English. Dr Walker-Nixon was honored in 2002 as one of fifteen Minnie Stevens Piper professors in the state of Texas. In 2004, she was the co-director of the Langdon Weekend, a festival of the arts in Granbury, Texas. Currently she serves as a Lecturer at Baylor University.