Cassandra kinging in the author of five novels including moonrise her literary homage to rebound becca. Moon rice was moonrise was a southeastern independent book ellers alliance best seller. Cassandra king is joining us today to hell celebrate a beloved writer and friend of festival. Pat conroy. He has influenced a generation of writers and moved readers both in and out of the low country with his enforcingis gettable prose. Today she was success hi book of essays published posthumously. I always struggle with that word. Please give a very warm welcome to cassandra king. [applause] thank you so much. Great to be here in sister city of savannah. I live in buford. I come over here frequently and pat i both loved satisfy van nave always think of savannah as scar let scarlet oparaand charles son is miss melanie. I have a soft spot for savannah. This, of course, is bittersweet for me to be here, talking about pat, especially this time of year because its been almost a year, two or three of
I call them my girls. Its hard to not take it personally. Reporter but first, in tennesee its gutwrenching. Theres a body lying off the side of the road. This young woman shot three times. This was a murder. A young single mom, out with friends on game day. It was packed. But as night fell, fear grew. Theyre asking who would want to harm your sister . Was it someone that was a stranger . Was it someone that we knew . I just had this weird feeling that there was something she was hiding tucked away. In her kitchen a clue to it all. On top of the refrigerator was a manila folder. Did it just give you chills . It was horrible. Why didnt she just tell us . Reporter did a secret lead to murder . Its got to be unimaginable. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Andrea Canning with nightfall. a act 1 id ask that you all close your eyes for a few minutes this morning. Id like for you to envision roane county in the middle of october. The leaves are changing, theres a little bit of a nip i
I call them my girls. Its hard to not take it personally. Reporter but first, in tennesee its gutwrenching. Theres a body lying off the side of the road. This young woman shot three times. This was a murder. A young single mom, out with friends on game day. It was packed. But as night fell, fear grew. Theyre asking who would want to harm your sister . Was it someone that was a stranger . Was it someone that we knew . I just had this weird feeling that there was something she was hiding tucked away. In her kitchen a clue to it all. On top of the refrigerator was a manila folder. Did it just give you chills . It was horrible. Why didnt she just tell us . Reporter did a secret lead to murder . Its got to be unimaginable. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Andrea Canning with nightfall. a act 1 id ask that you all close your eyes for a few minutes this morning. Id like for you to envision roane county in the middle of october. The leaves are changing, theres a little bit of a nip i
Along the st. Johns river. On top of the winds the storm surge is going to be significant. 10 pete plus waves. Reporter the governor is expected to tour some of the damage but as you can see from the destruction behind me, matthew is still very powerful. It get scary a couple times with trees because theres so many trees in this neighborhood. A lot of trees down as you can see. Reporter the governor pleaded with holdouts to leave. There is nothing safe about whats getting ready to happen. Reporter more Million People are without power in florida. And when it comes to the power situation, people have been told they should be prepared to be without service for several days. The good news is that as conditions improve especially along the central and southern coast, we have seen power crews moving into this area trying to restore power. Also we just learned from our hotel were staying at the big hilton along Power Employees are going to be checking into this hotel tomorrow ready to tackle
To her last husband . Shes screaming and shes like bobs dead. It was horrible. We were just like, in disbelief. Whoever did this was very evil. Reporter her son suspected the truth. Would he reveal it . She looked at me with the most hate ive ever seen. It felt like a betrayal. Reporter mother against son. It makes you question everybody. Reporter everythings at stake. Hardest thing youve ever done. It was the hardest thing. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with secrets in the smoky mountains. Reporter it seems alive somehow, here in the foothills of tennessees appalachians. The creeping tendrils of mountain mist, that snake and swirl like lies. Theres gold in there somewhere, so they say. The sort of place where you could strike it rich. Or maybe get away with murder. Very scary. Shocking and devastating. Reporter so, after that mysterious death here, who could anyone trust . Dearest friends . The word, betrayal, come to mind . Oh, absolutely. Reporte