J.E. Sumerau, Ph.D. (2012), is an Associate Professor and the Director of Applied Sociology at the University of Tampa as well as the co-founder and editor of www.writewhereithurts.net. Her writing focuses on sexualities, gender, religion, and health related to societal patterns of violence and inequality. She is also the author of seven previous novels and novellas: Cigarettes & Wine, Essence, Homecoming Queens, That Year, Other People's Oysters, Palmetto Rose, and Via Chicago. For more information, please visit www.jsumerau.com or follow her on Twitter @jsumerau.

Scarecrow is a heartfelt and comical exploration of a southern, working to upper class, white life course played out over the course of four decades.