Adelaide Piper Contributor(s): Hart, Beth Webb (Author) |
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ISBN: 159554027X ISBN-13: 9781595540270 Publisher: Thomas Nelson OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: Adelaide Piper, small-town Gen-X debutante and renegade poetess, plays her own tune. But Piper's tunes lead her and those closest to her to dangerous places. Tragedy and heartbreak mean a return to the very ground that she once cursed. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Christian - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2006011841 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.95 lbs) 340 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - South - Theometrics - Evangelical - Holiday - Independence Day |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "With humor and a nice southern accent...a fine follow-up to her highlypraised first novel, Grace at Love Tide." -Booklist, starred review The year is 1989 and dark currents lurk beneath the smooth surface of theelite Virginia campus where Adelaide Piper has come to study. Her poeticsensibility and idealism only irritate the socialites and cynics who notice herat all. After a heartbreaking loss of innocence, Adelaide must navigate between hergenteel Southern upbringing and the gritty realities of a new generation. Ultimately Adelaide must return to the very ground she once cursed, findinga deeper appreciation for her Southern heritage, however broken and imperfect. Featured in Southern Living's Books of the South |