"Perry couldn't help wondering how different his life would have been had this woman actually been his grandmother." In Derby, South Carolina, an unlikely friendship is forged between two people who are poles apart in every way. In this novel, the Deep South meets the Midwest, youth meets age, the well-churched meets the unchurched, the extrovert meets the introvert. With characters you'll never forget, this colorfully realistic story portrays the unpredictable adventure of living life, with all its messiness and order, its longings and regrets, its sorrows and surprises. From the Greenville…mehr
"Perry couldn't help wondering how different his life would have been had this woman actually been his grandmother." In Derby, South Carolina, an unlikely friendship is forged between two people who are poles apart in every way. In this novel, the Deep South meets the Midwest, youth meets age, the well-churched meets the unchurched, the extrovert meets the introvert. With characters you'll never forget, this colorfully realistic story portrays the unpredictable adventure of living life, with all its messiness and order, its longings and regrets, its sorrows and surprises. From the Greenville (SC) News by staff writer Deb Richardson-Moore on December 31, 1995: "As Turner weaves her tale with a wealth of vivid detail, she avoids both sentimentality and patness."Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jamie Langston Turner retired from teaching creative writing courses at Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC, in 2016. Born in Mississippi, she has lived in the South all her life and has set most of her books in South Carolina. Her first novel, Suncatchers, was published in 1995 by Thomas Nelson, and her next six were published by Bethany House: Some Wildflower in My Heart, By the Light of a Thousand Stars, A Garden to Keep, No Dark Valley, Winter Birds, and Sometimes a Light Surprises. Her most recent novel, To See the Moon Again, was published in 2014 by Penguin/Berkley. Winner of two Christy Awards for Excellence and a Christianity Today Book Award of Merit, Jamie is currently working on another novel. She has been married for fifty years to Daniel Turner, a retired BJU faculty member in the Division of Music.
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