In 1965 Penny Burford takes a single nickel from her husband's overflowing mound of change on the bedroom dresser and hesitantly slips it into the pocket of her housedress. He won't miss it, she decides. With that single act Penny changes the course of her life -- and the lives of untold others.
Roy is a good husband, Penny reminds herself, but he can pinch a nickel until Thomas Jefferson hollers Uncle "" A hard, dominating man, he bristles when Penny offers to roll the coins -- no wife of his needs to waste time rolling mere pennies.
Penny has never kept a secret from her husband, but as...
In 1965 Penny Burford takes a single nickel from her husband's overflowing mound of change on the bedroom dresser and hesitantly slips it into the poc...
In this deceptively simple story, an ordinary wife leaves an extraordinary legacy, reminding readers of the true spirit of charity, the effects of poverty, and the tragic self-silencing that limits the richness of some women's lives.
In this deceptively simple story, an ordinary wife leaves an extraordinary legacy, reminding readers of the true spirit of charity, the effects of pov...
