From the reviews: "This intriguing story is set in Mexia, Texas, on the oil-rich Balcones fault during the 1920s. Leela Wilder, a beautiful, intelligent orphan, comes to live with her aunt and cousins. She grows up and marries in the midst of an oil fever that creates turmoil in the African American community that she loves. Her husband works himself to death, leaving her to unscramble a twisted family tale, raise a child, save the farm they built, and begin a new life."
Judy and I have met Anita Bunkley a few times and talked about Mexia with her. She interviewed a lot of people from Mexia when she was writing the book, and some of them are mentioned in the introduction (or afterword; I can't remember which). You can buy a cheap copy here.
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