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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. The stories themselves in this series are the Blessings that Beverly Jenkins shines upon us showing how a small town can take several foster children to their hearts and not only repair the children's spirits but their own as well. Yes, there is an old saying that money can't buy happiness, but here in Henry Adams KS, it can relieve the stress and rebuild a town's self-respect. something old, something new by beverly jenkins People in a southern town, their life, what worries they have and how others help. A wedding where they don't want traditional so a suit rather than a wedding dress, and different flavored cakes vs a tier cake. Combining two families to live under one roof without a lot of change for the kids. A company is buying up rights to land to put their gas pipes in and it's not all on the up and up. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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When their "no frills" wedding turns into the event of the decade with the help of well-meaning neighbors, former high school sweethearts Lily Fontaine and Trent July consider eloping until something happens to remind them that happiness is to be shared. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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This is the first book where we start to see the downside of Bernadine's fairy godmother-sized checkbook. She tries to take over the wedding planning, wanting to throw a five-star celebration basically just because she can. She also learns that one of her development deals is going to involve razing an old church in Miami, so not only does she pull out of the project, she hires the departing minister to come set up shop in Henry Adams. This desperately displeases nine-year-old Devon Watkins, who's most ardent wish is to be the licensed preacher and run his own church.
Devon and Zoey are the focus of the child-centered storylines this time around. Devon is having an extremely hard time with change and acts out accordingly. Zoey is still mute after two years, communicating with sign language, but miraculously Reverend Paula (from Miami) knew her in her previous life and is the key to getting her talking again.
Devon's story is a little more heartrending - turns out he was never given a chance to say goodbye to his grandmother, so he, along with Lily and Trent, go back to Mississippi to learn more about his past, and to let him say goodbye. This was the tearjerker storyline, and it certainly did that!
I'm finding that I can't really glom these books the way I want to because they are starting to get sickly sweet, and there is no friction. Lily needs a wedding planner, and Sheila up and volunteers herself, because of course she has all this heretofore unknown event planning experience. Bernadine hires Paula on the spot the first time she meets her, and there's no issue moving two time zones away and setting up the plans for a new church. Trent and Lily bemoan the fact that they have to be celibate before their wedding, even though they are being celibate anyway, without even a hint that they've slept together in the last two years?? (That was quite bizarre - a sexless steamy romance where the sex was obviously missing.) And of course the fact that everyone's BFFs with everyone else, and everything always works out in the end. It's too unrealistic for me, and I need a break.
I'm definitely still interested in these characters, and the hints of storylines coming up (I wonder if there will be any discussion of the interracial issues facing Jack and Rocky as they get together), but I'm ready for some grit to wash away some of this ultrasweetness. ( )