Penelope J Stokes
Author
Language
English
Description
In the wake of the depression of 1929, four friends gather in a cold, dusty attic on Christmas day to make a solemn pact. "Our dreams for the future," they whisper, as they place tiny pieces of paper holding their life wishes into the blue bottle. Sixty-five years later, local news reporter Brendan Delaney stumbles upon the bottle, discovering the most meaningful story of her career and possibly the meaning missing from her own life.--Source other...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Abby Quinn McDougall is a Southern lady whose once picturesque small-town life seems to be shrinking. Widowed at fifty and burdened by the care of an ailing mother and a cantankerous teenaged daughter, Abby wishes her life were simpler and her responsibilities fewer. Abby's daughter, Neal Grace, devastated by the loss of her doting father and the illness of her beloved grandmother, wishes for change, for the chance to break free from other people's...
Author
Language
English
Description
When she discovers her son has designs to sell her home out from under her, Miss Amethyst-ninety-three years old and as sharp as ever-isn't about to let her legacy go. She pins her hopes on her granddaughter, Little Am, a good-natured child who has mutated in her teenage years into something else altogether. Whatever it takes, Little Am will know that the Noble family heritage is worth fighting for.
7) Delta Belles
Author
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1965 and the Spring Fling Talent Show is in the works at the Mississippi College for Women, a proper Southern institution. As a joke, Delta Ballou puts the names of her three best friends on the list of performers. Rising to the challenge, they agree to sing and even convince Delta to join them. Rae Dawn DuChamp plays the piano and weaves harmonies in a smoky contralto. Lacy Cantrell masters the basic guitar chords, and her twin sister,...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Formats
Description
Before Diedre McAlister's mother dies, she gives her daughter an old photograph and says: "Find yourself. Find your truth. Just don't expect it to be what you thought it would be."
The truth will shake up Diedre's world, threaten lives, challenge her faith-and quite possibly save her life.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The year is 1943, and America is involved in the most deadly conflict the world has yet known. Link Winsom finds himself assigned to an army camp near Eden, Mississippi, as far from home--and from God--as he can possibly imagine. When he meets Libba Coltrain and falls in love, he begins to see a divine purpose at work. But too soon he is shipped out, leaving Libba to wait and pray and hope that somehow he will return.
12) Remembering you
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
While Owen fights to regain his memory, the woman who loves him waits, hoping he will fall in love with her all over again.
13) Heartbreak cafe
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dell Haley's mother always said there were two things a man couldn't get enough of: good cooking and good loving. Well, Dell knows she's got the cooking down pat, but her husband is getting more than his fair share of love in another woman's bed. And when he dies there, Dell's predictable life comes to a screeching halt. Short on money and education, Dell takes a huge risk and opens a restaurant.
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Formats
Description
When she discovers her son has designs to sell her home out from under her, Miss Amethyst-ninety-three years old and as sharp as ever-isn't about to let her legacy go. She pins her hopes on her granddaughter, Little Am, a good-natured child who has mutated in her teenage years into something else altogether. Whatever it takes, Little Am will know that the Noble family heritage is worth fighting for.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twenty-three years ago, beauty queen Peach Rondell left Mississippi and vowed never to return. Now she's back, divorced and heartbroken, trying to figure out how her life went so terribly wrong. To escape her mama's scrutinizing gaze, she spends her days in a little storefront diner called the Heartbreak Cafe, where, in the back booth, she scribbles away in her journal, waiting for enlightenment. Instead, Peach gets something even better: the unexpected...