A Favor Returned - Southard, Duke
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Jennifer Proctor, a wispy yet hauntingly beautiful young girl of ten, already qualified as one of those rare saints on earth. She had developed a sense of compassion far beyond her years and, unlike most children her age, is completely unselfish. When she innocently applies a gift that she neither understands nor wants to save a young boy's father from certain death in a racecar accident, Jennie affects the destiny of a whole family in ways she could not have dreamed. Only when her path crosses once again with Ross Becker years later does she learn of the powerful impact her kind-spirited…mehr

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Jennifer Proctor, a wispy yet hauntingly beautiful young girl of ten, already qualified as one of those rare saints on earth. She had developed a sense of compassion far beyond her years and, unlike most children her age, is completely unselfish. When she innocently applies a gift that she neither understands nor wants to save a young boy's father from certain death in a racecar accident, Jennie affects the destiny of a whole family in ways she could not have dreamed. Only when her path crosses once again with Ross Becker years later does she learn of the powerful impact her kind-spirited intervention had on so many people and how he must now return her favor. Set between 1940 and 1963, A Favor Returned captures the changing dynamics of families, communities, and the country in the post-World War II era as prosperity and a confidence bordering on arrogance seemed to envelope the nation. The historical background mingles with the thread of possibility that there truly may be people on this earth who are in the world but not of it, people whose decency and honesty appear too good to be true. Coupled with this is the unsettling possibility that unselfish "saints on earth" may set into motion devastating and tragic consequences. Jennifer Proctor firmly believes that there is a loving God who has placed some people on earth to help others be happier, but time and again she must face the frustrating fact that He doesn't explain how the process is supposed to work. When Ross Becker is faced with the final heart-wrenching dilemma of A Favor Returned, he at last realizes the desperate and utter truth of Jennie's frustration.
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Duke Southard won an Edie, the New Hampshire Excellence in Education Award, for his contribution to the school library media profession in the state. He has published professional articles in Media and Methods magazine. His educational credentials include a BS from Villanova University and advanced graduate degrees from Rowan University (MA in English Education) and Boston University (CAGS in Media Technology). He is married, the father of three children, and lives in Arizona. All five of his novels have been selected as finalists in the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards, with his first novel, A Favor Returned, being selected as a finalist in the 2015 Indie Publishers Next Generation Book Awards. He is also the author of a memoir (The Week from Heaven and Hell) and a nonfiction commissioned history (The Nick: A Vision Realized). His short works have earned numerous awards, including two first places in the Society of Southwestern Authors Writing Contest for "Three Weeks" (2015) and "A Night on the Ice" (2017). In 2016, his memoir, "The Fallacy of Closure," placed first in the prestigious Writer's Digest Literary Awards Competition. Please visit the author's website for information on free programs for schools, libraries, and community groups, contact information, and a collection of his best short stories and essays: www.dukesouthard.com.