Grace at Low Tide - Couverture souple

Hart, Beth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1595540261 ISBN 13 : 9781595540263

Editeur : Thomas Nelson, 2012

Synopsis

“Beth Webb Hart shares her knowledge [of the lowcountry] withskill, wisdom, and beauty.”

– Pat Conroy, author of ThePrince of Tides

When a business venture goes sour, Charleston blue-bloodsBilly and Dee DeLoach uproot their family and move into the caretaker’s cottageon what was once the family plantation estate on Edisto Island. While the restof her family falls to pieces, DeVeaux struggles to sustain them through herreluctant help and her stubborn hope.

Before the bankruptcy, the family had a graceful home in ahistoric Charleston neighborhood. Country clubs, cotillions, childhood friends,and a close-knit church group. Now they’re living in a run-down cottage on anisland estate that is no longer in the family. DeVeaux has a restaurant job, acantankerous old truck, and mud on just about everything.

But something is wearing DeVeaux down. It's not living onthe island, which is actually kind of interesting. And it's not missing her oldfriends, who have developed an annoying fixation on boys. What really bothersDeVeaux is that being "ruined" has changed her dad into an ill-temperedjerk, and her mother just tiptoes around him. If the good Lord has a plan forsaving them, now might be a good time to start.

A gritty but gentle drawl of a story, Grace at Low Tide is atender and evocative portrait of a young girl embracing womanhood. With southernsociety as her backdrop, Beth Webb Hart paints for us a hard-luck familyscrabbling to find its heart again. It is a testimony to the small miracles oflove and loyalty--the gifts of grace that manage to keep us all afloat, even atour lowest ebb.

"a lovely, gifted writer."

-Publishers Weekly

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

After having studied under Madeline L'Engle and Brett Lott in New York City, Beth Webb Hart moved to her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband, composer Edward Hart, to raise their family.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thomas Nelson
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1595540261
• ISBN 13: 9781595540263
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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