SILHOUETTES IN THE GARDEN

About the Book

They call New Orleans the Big Easy. The moniker comes, in part, from the French saying “laissez les bons temps rouler.” Let the good times roll. The name is a misnomer. There is nothing easy about living and growing up in New Orleans’s Eighth Ward. My mother told me God created the world as a garden. A peek and a promise of what is to be seen in heaven. She also taught me that God allowed the devil access to the garden. Access and permission to tempt earth’s mortals. My mother told me we should all try to hide from the devil. To do so she believed we should pass through life as much a shadow, a silhouette to the devil’s eye, as possible. That is a difficult task for the pious. It is even more difficult in New Orleans, a city made famous by its history and traditions. Traditions and history that include temptations, vices, corruption, Mardi Gras, and voodoo. My name is Jehan Henri. This is the story of my silhouette in the garden we call earth.

About the Author

About the Author T. O. Stallings is retired from the United States Army where he attained the rank of first sergeant. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he served at various posts around the globe. A frequent visitor to New Orleans, he spent several years in research before writing Silhouettes in the Garden. He resides in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Silhouettes in the Garden is his third novel.