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The Bequest of Big Daddy

The Bequest of Big Daddy

Jo-Ann Costa studied her craft at the knees of her clannish Alabama kin, who are among the most accomplished at fabricating outlandish tales.  Thus trained as a storyteller, Ms. Costa honed her compelling voice while serving in executive roles for a mega-corporation founded by the late Howard Hughes.  While there, and with higher stakes, she invented tales of a different sort.  Since then, Ms. Costa has once again deployed her trademark spin with her debut novel, The Bequest of Big Daddy.

Self Published by Jo-Ann Costa

Pages: 248
Pub Date: 04-01-2013
Softcover: 7.67 978-1-938467-27-1
Ebook: 5.39 978-1-938467-72-1

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The reviews are in…

  • "Many Southern families have their Big Daddy – the wayward rapscallion whose criminal activities pave the way for his descendants’ respectability. In vivid prose that is at turns satirical, tender, and horrific, Jo-Ann Costa paints a compelling portrait of one such man – Ratio Janson. She shows how his loveless childhood developed in him a desperation and ruthlessness that assured not only his immediate physical survival, but also his eventual transformation into a wealthy patriarch, a true Southern capofamiglia. Anyone who enjoys Southern fiction or picaresque novels will love this one!"


    —Lisa Alther, Author of six novels and four New York Times bestsellers, among them Washed in the Blood.

  • “Ms. Costa writes like she was born to the craft. Wonderful storytelling and memorable characters you won’t soon forget. Big Daddy is not just any character—he gets into your head and refuses to budge.”


    —Hillel Black, editor of twenty New York Times bestsellers