Dear Carolina is the debut novel of Kristy Woodson Harvey. The book is a letter to baby girl Carolina who was given birth to by Jodi, a 19 year-old mess of a girl, cousin to Graham, who is married to Frances AKA Khaki. Graham and Khaki want a baby but haven't had any luck getting pregnant. Khaki persuades Jodi to keep her baby rather than have an abortion. Within the first few chapters, Jodi surrenders Carolina to Khaki and Graham because she realizes that she is ill-equipped to care for the baby, having almost surrendered to drinking again before coming to this critical decision.
With that suspense resolved quickly early in the book, the rest of the novel details how the two women co-mother Carolina writing alternating chapters addressed to the baby. Many changes occur for both women as they figure out the important things in their lives.
Kristy Woodson Harvey is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s school of journalism and holds a master’s in English from East Carolina University. She and her mother Beth Woodson write a blog called Design Chic about home decorating, an interest that is the occupation of Khaki in the book. Currently working on her sixth book due out in 2021, Harvey lives in North Carolina with her family.
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