| Author/Contributor(s): | Hinton, Lynne |
| Publisher: | HarperOne |
| Date: | 4/26/2005 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
From the Bestselling Author of Friendship Cake Comes a Remarkable Story of Love, Loss, Infidelity, and Forgiveness
Hinton places seventy-two-year-old Jean Witherspoon in rural Forsyth County, where a retired mill seamstress confronts long-buried memories of marriage, grief, family secrets, and quiet resolve.
Sunhaven Nursing Home becomes the backdrop for an unexpected disruption, uncovering an unmentioned daughter, decades of hidden devotion, and a husband’s silent history.
The narrative follows Jean and Lilly as they sort through an old shed of keepsakes and travel together to an overlooked grave beneath a mountain ash.
- Small Town Setting: Eccentric neighbor Maude brings daily breakfast interruptions, herbal remedies, and prophetic dreams of troubled water while tending seven yellow-and-white cats across the street.
- Cultural Heritage: Memories of a childhood in the Great Smoky Mountains unearth the quiet traditions of Jean’s Cherokee and Navajo mother alongside the enduring lessons of her blind father.
- Family Life: Decades of silence unravel as Lilly shares how her mother, Clara Lucetti, raised her in Durham without bitterness or demands on the married man she loved.
- Also by This Author: Friendship Cake, Pie Town and Welcome Back to Pie Town.