Goodbye to the Buttermilk Sky Author:Julia Oliver In this Depression-era story of youth, isolation, and longing, Julia Oliver has perfectly captured the nuances of time and place. The sweetness of summer, and the ache of forbidden love, are rendered with loving and apt precision. Thisi is storytelling. This is art. Sandra Scofield. recipient of the American Book Award — This novel is about ident... more »ity and community as much as it is about passion and morality. It deserves many, many readers. Julia Oliver captures those hot days of Alabama in the '30's better than anybody, and all the complications of race and class and place. Lee Smith, recipient of the Robert Penn Warren Prize« less