Dispatches from the childhood of a Louisiana son raised in a roadside motel. Stone Motel: Memoirs of a Cajun Boy is the story of a preteen, his seven siblings, their violent father, overwhelmed mother, unstoppable grandmother, and the sordid array of customers they encounter at their family's roadside motel, situated in the hot, prairie town of Eunice, Louisiana.

Morris Ardoin earned a bachelor's in journalism from Louisiana State University and a master's in communication from the University of Louisiana. A public relations practitioner, his work has appeared in regional, national, and international media. He divides his time between New York City and Cornwallville, New York, where he does most of his writing. His blog, Parenthetically Speaking, can be found at www.morrisardoin.com.

ISBN: 9781496827722

Hardcover

280 pages

6.5 x 9

University Press of Mississippi, 2020