Penelope J Stokes
Author
Language
English
Formats
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
Publisher
Word Pub
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
vi, 358 p. ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Just before she dies, Diedre McAlister's mother gives her a fading photograph and tells her, ''Find yourself. Find your truth. Just don’t expect it to be what you thought it would be.'' Armed with these clues to her past, Diedre sets out to find her older sister, Amber, who was mysteriously sent away by her parents when Diedre was very young. Her search will take her across the country -- and into the path of someone who will do anything to stop...
4) Delta Belles
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
358 p. ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
Four friends gathered in a cold, dusty attic on Christmas day to make a solemn pact. "Our dreams for the future," they whispered, placing tiny pieces of paper into a shimmering blue bottle. But that event happened in the wake of the Depression of 1929, and it is decades later when local news reporter Brenna Delaney stumbles upon the blue bottle . . . and into the most meaningful story of her career. Brenna's search will uncover the secrets of that...
Author
Publisher
W Publishing
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
376 p. ; 23 cm
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.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
286 p. ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Twenty-three years ago, beauty queen Peach Rondell left Mississippi and vowed never to return. Now, divorced and heartbroken, she's back and trying to figure out how her life went so miserably wrong, and how to put the pieces back together again. To escape her mama's scrutinizing gaze, she spends her days in a little storefront diner called the Heartbreak Café, where, in the back booth, she scribbles away in her journal, waiting for enlightenment....