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Jewel
by Lott, Bret
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Overview
A "sweeping and beautifully written" (The New York Times Book Review) novel of how quickly a life can change; how, like lightning, an unforeseen event can set us on a course without reason or compass.
In the backwoods of Mississippi, a land of honeysuckle and grapevine, Jewel and her husband, Leston, are truly blessed; they have five fine children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome.
In this story of a woman's devotion to the child who is both her burden and God's singular way of smiling on her, Bret Lott has created a mother-daughter relationship of matchless intensity and beauty, and one of the finest, most indomitable heroines in contemporary American fiction.
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780743548908
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publish Date: Feb 1999
- Author: Bret Lott
- Narrator: Celia Weston
- Duration: 05:36:13