The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb

The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb
Author :
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages : 216
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781618582768
ISBN-13 : 1618582763
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb by : Sheri Reynolds

The #1 New York Times bestselling author Sheri Reynolds returns with a “nontraditional devotional”—at once a hilarious and inspirational novel packed with profound advice from the journey of the unforgettable Myrtle Cribb. Myrtle T. Cribb, a special-needs teacher from Virginia’s Eastern Shore, is captive in a dysfunctional marriage. Tired of living up to her husband’s and everyone else’s standards, Myrtle impulsively heads to wherever the road will take her. But soon she gets a surprise of her own. She finds an unlikely stowaway on her journey: Hellcat, the local drunk. Together, they embark on a pilgrimage that takes them everywhere from a shady highway motel to a hippie retreat center, developing an unlikely friendship while finding wisdom in the most unlikely places. The journey forces Myrtle to evaluate her marriage, her priorities, and her own prejudices, and compels her to share her hard-earned insights with other women who feel some dissatisfaction in their lives. With its iconoclastic, complex, and irresistible cast of characters, and bold yet sincere advice, The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb is an engaging, heartbreaking, and joyful story to be cherished by those seeking an understanding of life’s greatest mysteries.

The Tender Grave

The Tender Grave
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Publisher : Bywater Books
Total Pages : 220
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781612941943
ISBN-13 : 161294194X
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis The Tender Grave by : Sheri Reynolds

Independent Publisher Books Awards (IPPY) Gold Medalist in Mid-Atlantic-Best Regional Fiction From the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, The Rapture of Canaan, and steeped in the rich tradition of Southern writers like Carson McCullers and Sue Monk Kidd, The Tender Grave is the gripping story of two estranged sisters who find their unlikely way toward forgiveness—and each other—through a disturbing set of circumstances. Dori, at age 17, participates in a hate crime against a gay boy from her school and runs away to escape prosecution—and her own harrowing childhood. In her pocket, she carries the address of an older, half-sister she’s never met. She has no idea that her sister Teresa is married to another woman. When Dori and Teresa finally meet, they’re forced to confront that, while they don’t like or really even understand one another, they are inextricably bound together in ways that transcend their differences. Together, the sisters discover that shifting currents of family and connection can sometimes run deeper than the prevailing tides of abandonment and estrangement. In The Tender Grave, Sheri Reynolds weaves complex themes of parenting, forgiveness, guilt, and accountability into a lyrical and lushly-woven tapestry that chronicles our enduring search for heart, home, and healing.

Firefly Cloak

Firefly Cloak
Author :
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages : 268
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781618580429
ISBN-13 : 1618580426
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Firefly Cloak by : Sheri Reynolds

Firefly Cloak is the powerfully vivid coming-of-age story of Tessa Lee, who, after being abandoned by her mother, sets off on a risky journey to discover what she has lost. When eight-year-old Tessa Lee and her brother, Travis, are abandoned in a campground by their desperate mother and her boyfriend of the moment, they are left with only two things: a phone number written in Magic Marker on Travis’s back and their mother’s favorite housecoat, which she leaves wrapped around her sleeping children. This housecoat, painted with tiny fireflies, becomes totemic for Tessa Lee, providing a connection to her past and to the beautiful mother she lost. Seven years later, when word arrives that her mother has been spotted working at a tourist trap on a seaside boardwalk not far from where Tessa Lee lives, she sets off on a dangerous journey to try to recover what has been taken from her. Steeped in the rich Southern atmosphere for which Sheri Reynolds has long been hailed, Firefly Cloak is a vivid coming-of-age novel of family, loss, and redemption.

The Sweet In-Between

The Sweet In-Between
Author :
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages : 229
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781618580436
ISBN-13 : 1618580434
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis The Sweet In-Between by : Sheri Reynolds

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sheri Reynolds continues to captivate in this masterful tale of redemption and finding a place to truly belong. Kenny Lugo has grown up in a family that’s not really hers. Her mother died of cancer when Kenny was very young, and Aunt Glo—who is, in fact, her daddy’s girlfriend—took her in when her father was sent to jail for drug trafficking. Now, as Kenny approaches her eighteenth birthday and the end of the government checks Glo has been receiving looms, she is desperate to prove that this house and these people really do belong to her. But when a senseless murder occurs next door in their small coastal town, Kenny can’t get it out of her mind. She has always been consumed by the ways in which she is different—and inherently unworthy—so the unjust death of a young woman with everything to live for becomes an obsession. In the end, hers is a story of an unforgettable young woman whose redemption comes from a source she never would have imagined.

A Gracious Plenty

A Gracious Plenty
Author :
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages : 192
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781618580412
ISBN-13 : 1618580418
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis A Gracious Plenty by : Sheri Reynolds

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sheri Reynolds delivers an emotionally moving novel of Finch Nobles, a girl severely burned as a child, who later discovers she can hear the voices of the dead. After sustaining terrible burns from a household accident as a young girl, Finch Nobles refuses the pity of her hometown. The brave and feisty loner finds comfort in visiting her father’s cemetery, where she soon discovers that she can hear the voices of those buried underground. When she begins to speak to them, their answers echo around her in a remarkable chorus of regrets, explanations, and insights. A wonderfully wrought amalgam of Steinbeck, Faulkner, Spoon River Anthology, and Our Town, A Gracious Plenty is a masterful tale not soon forgotten.

The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb

The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb
Author :
Publisher : Turner
Total Pages : 229
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1618580132
ISBN-13 : 9781618580139
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb by : Sheri Reynolds

Myrtle T. Cribb, a special-needs teacher from Virginia's Eastern Shore, is captive in a dysfunctional marriage. Tired of living up to her husband's and everyone else's standards, Myrtle impulsively heads to wherever the road will take her. But soon she gets a surprise of her own: an unlikely stowaway on her journey, Hellcat, the local drunk. The journey forces Myrtle to evaluate her marriage, her priorities, and her own prejudices, and compels her to share her hard-earned insights with other women who feel some dissatisfaction in their lives.

Rapture of Canaan

Rapture of Canaan
Author :
Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 336
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781440673788
ISBN-13 : 1440673780
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Rapture of Canaan by : Sheri Reynolds

At the Church of Fire and Brimstone and Gods Almighty Baptizing Wind, Grandpa Herman makes the rules for everyone, and everyone obeys, or else. Try as she might, Ninah hasn't succeeded in resisting temptation her prayer partner, James and finds herself pregnant. She fears the wrath of Grandpa Herman, the congregation and of God Himself. But the events that follow show Ninah that Gods ways are more mysterious than even Grandpa Herman understands.

When Rain Hurts

When Rain Hurts
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Publisher : Red Hen Press
Total Pages : 323
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781597092913
ISBN-13 : 1597092916
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis When Rain Hurts by : Mary Evelyn Greene

“A searingly candid chronicle of the heroic struggle of two adoptive parents to raise their multiply disabled son . . . inspiring.” —Kirkus Reviews When Rain Hurts is the story of one mother’s quest to find a magical path of healing and forgiveness for her son, a boy so damaged by the double whammy of prenatal alcohol abuse and the stark rigors of Russian orphanage life that he was feral by the time of his adoption at age three. Bizarre behaviors, irrational thoughts, and dangerous preoccupations were the norm—no amount of love, it turns out, can untangle the effects of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. More people are coping with and caring for those affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders than individuals living with autism, but because there is a stigma associated with this preventable, devastating birth defect, it is a pandemic of disability and tragedy that remains underreported and underexplored. When Rain Hurts puts an unapologetic face to living and coping with this tragedy while doggedly searching for a more hopeful outcome for one beautiful, innocent, but damaged little boy. “Emotionally complex, fascinating, gritty, exhausting, and teeming with protective mother-energy and love. Three cheers for Mary Greene’s fighting spirit and the work she’s doing to create and protect her family while educating so many of us about the complexities of international adoption and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.” —Sheri Reynolds, #1 New York Times-bestselling author “Greene’s searing account of learning to parent her prenatal alcohol-exposed, bipolar, orphanage-veteran son is an unforgettable lesson in commitment, fortitude, and unconditional love.” —Jessica O’Dwyer, author of Mamalita: An Adoption Memoir

Pumping Granite

Pumping Granite
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0896727785
ISBN-13 : 9780896727786
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Pumping Granite by : Mike D'Orso

One of America's leading journalists probes the recreational lives of people of all ages, examining what Americans do for recreation, from rock climbing to rodeo, sumo wrestling to slow-pitch softball, boomerangs to bowling,

Firefly Cloak

Firefly Cloak
Author :
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Total Pages : 291
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307341839
ISBN-13 : 0307341836
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Firefly Cloak by : Sheri Reynolds

Abandoned by their desperate mother, eight-year-old Tessa Lee and her brother, Travis, are left only with her favorite housecoat and the phone number of their grandparents, items that years later prompt Tessa Lee to search for what she has lost.