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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Orchard of Hope by Ann H. Gabhart is up on CFBA this week!


This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance

is introducing


ORCHARD OF HOPE
(Revell March 1, 2007)
by

Ann Gabhart


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:


Ann H. Gabhart has published a number of adult and young adult novels with several different publishers. The author of The Scent of Lilacs, Ann and her husband live a mile from where she was born in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky. She is active in her country church, and her husband sings bass in a southern gospel quartet.




ABOUT THE BOOK:
Nothing will be the same after the summer of 1964.

Drought has gripped the quiet Kentucky town of Hollyhill, and the town seems as if it is holding its breath--waiting. Jocie Brooke is nervous about starting high school. Her sister Tabitha is experiencing the weariness of waiting for a new baby. Her father David is feeling the timidity of those first steps toward true love. All of these pivotal steps in life are awaiting the Brooke family.

Into this cloud of tense anticipation, a black family from Chicago, the Hearndons move here to plant an orchard outside of town. Fresh off the Freedom Train, Myra Hearndon is sensitive to what the color of her skin may mean in a Southern town. Her family will have to contend with more than the dry ground and blazing sun as they try to create their ORCHARD OF HOPE.

Jocie finds herself befrending a boy that some townspeople shun. Due to unspoken racial lines in this southern town, the presence of these newcomers sparks a smoldering fire of unrest that will change Hollyhill..and Jocie...forever.

In this close-knit community, everything is about to change.

Let this riveting novel take you along to experience unexpected love, new life, and renewed faith amid life's trials.

My thoughts on this book so far...

While I'm only on page 49, I can tell this is a book that I'll finish. The author's voice is unique and engaging and the plot sounds strong. Plus, I have this impending sense that something bad is going to happen. So while I want to know, I have a feeling it will yank my emotional chain so I may not finish it right away, but it's clearly interesting and well-written from the get-go. Makes me think of Coldwater Revival by Nancy Jo Jenkins or Watching the Tree Limbs by Mary DeMuth. You just know it's going to be good, yet intense, ya know?

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Thanks, Michelle, for taking my book along on your blog tour. And for dipping into the story. Hope you enjoy the rest of the book. Ann H. Gabhart

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