PATCHES ON THE SAME QUILT is a series of related stories told by members of six generations of a Franklin County, Virginia, family. A young boy's wish for a horse changes not only the direction of his own life but also the lives of his children, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter. As his grandmother, the quilt-maker Gillie Anne, says, "We might not be cut from the same cloth, but we're all patches on the same quilt." Each character's story adds a patch to the pattern of interconnected lives.
PATCHES ON THE SAME QUILT is a series of related stories told by members of six generations of a Franklin County, Virginia, family. A young boy's wish...
A secret revealed, A mystery solved, A life forever changed. In 1972, seventeen-year-old Annie Caldwell, who has the -gift- of animal communication, wants to be normal, but she'll settle for being unnoticed. Annie's brother died in Vietnam, her mother is depressed, and her father drinks. Her only friend is elderly Aint Lulie-who lives in the same holler and who understands the gift because she has one, too: -The first daughter in ever' other generation has always been blest with a gift, though some think it a curse.- As they sit by the fireplace in the evenings and tell each other stories,...
A secret revealed, A mystery solved, A life forever changed. In 1972, seventeen-year-old Annie Caldwell, who has the -gift- of animal communication, w...
Fifteen down-home stories featuring resolute women. One woman's surprise gift for her church produces an unexpected result, another woman gets advance warning of an ice storm, another gets down and dirty at the grocery store, another finds a mystery in library books. Add a few mules, a pig in panties, a kiddie beauty pageant, an escaped convict, a Thanksgiving gone wrong, a couple of unexpected Christmas celebrations, a wannabe best-selling author, and a jar of ashes-and you have MIRACLE OF THE CONCRETE JESUS AND OTHER STORIES. Recycled from previous publication in e-books and print, these...
Fifteen down-home stories featuring resolute women. One woman's surprise gift for her church produces an unexpected result, another woman gets advance...