Sweetgrass (Mira Hardbacks)
by Mary Alice Monroe | Romance | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0778321878 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0778321878 Global Overview for this book
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I picked this up at a yard sale, for BC. Enjoy!
From the cover -
Sweetgrass is a historial tract of land in South Carolina that has been home to the Blakely family for eight generations. But Sweetgrass - named for the indigenous grass that grows in the area - is in trouble. Taxes are skyrocketing. Bulldozers are leveling the surrounding properties. And the Blakelys could be forced to sell the one thing that continues to hold their disintegrating family together.
For Mary Jane Blakely the prospect of leaving is bittersweet. Her life at Sweetgrass has been filled with both joy and heartache. She's raised her children here, but watched as tragedy drove them away. And though she knows leaving would finally mend her heart, moving her ill husband from the land he loves would break his. So she finds the strength to stay and fight - for her children, her marriage and her home.
For Nona Bennett, the prospect of Sweetgrass being sold is unimaginable. Her family has woven the grass into baskets since the days of slavery, and her stake in the land has endured for generations. Nona's roots are as imbedded in the Blakely family as her beloved sweetgrass is in the earth. She has seen firsthand the pain that they have suffered, and she alone understands that they can heal only once they decide what it really means to be a family.
From the cover -
Sweetgrass is a historial tract of land in South Carolina that has been home to the Blakely family for eight generations. But Sweetgrass - named for the indigenous grass that grows in the area - is in trouble. Taxes are skyrocketing. Bulldozers are leveling the surrounding properties. And the Blakelys could be forced to sell the one thing that continues to hold their disintegrating family together.
For Mary Jane Blakely the prospect of leaving is bittersweet. Her life at Sweetgrass has been filled with both joy and heartache. She's raised her children here, but watched as tragedy drove them away. And though she knows leaving would finally mend her heart, moving her ill husband from the land he loves would break his. So she finds the strength to stay and fight - for her children, her marriage and her home.
For Nona Bennett, the prospect of Sweetgrass being sold is unimaginable. Her family has woven the grass into baskets since the days of slavery, and her stake in the land has endured for generations. Nona's roots are as imbedded in the Blakely family as her beloved sweetgrass is in the earth. She has seen firsthand the pain that they have suffered, and she alone understands that they can heal only once they decide what it really means to be a family.
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This will be available on the shelf in the kitchen. There is no public access to this building; you must know someone who works here to gain access.
To the finder of this book:
Hello and congratulations! You have not only found yourself a good book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large. I hope you'll stick around a bit and get to know BookCrossing -- maybe even make a journal entry on this book. You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (it's free!) Feel free to read and keep this book, or to pass it on to a friend or even set it out "in the wild" for someone else to find like you did. If you do choose to join and journal, then you can watch the book as it travels - You'll be alerted by email each time someone makes another journal entry. It's all confidential (you're known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free. Happy reading!
This has been sitting on the shelf at work for several months. Brought it home to re-release.
Journal Entry 4 by 
maryzee
at Birdie's Cafe - 233 E. Main St. in Westminster, Maryland USA on Wednesday, October 13, 2010
maryzee at Birdie's Cafe - 233 E. Main St. in Westminster, Maryland USA on Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Released 13 yrs ago (10/13/2010 UTC) at Birdie's Cafe - 233 E. Main St. in Westminster, Maryland USA
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This is the 1st batch of books released to the OBCZ shelf in the back room at the former Pour House, which is virtually unchanged from before. Come see!
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