From the bestselling author of After the Rain, Sea Change, and The Color of Light... From the time she was twelve, Julie Holt knew what a random tragedy can do to a family. At that tender age, her little sister disappeared--never to be found. It was a loss that slowly eroded the family bonds she once relied on. As an adult with a prestigious job in the arts, Julie meets a struggling artist who reminds her so much of her sister, she can't help feeling protective. It is a friendship that begins a long and painful process of healing for Julie, leading her to a house on the Gulf Coast, ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, and to stories of family that take her deep into the past.
I wet my thumb as I'd seen Monica do a thousand times and used it to clean green Magic Marker from his chin. I knew better than to ask him to leave the red hat in the van and instead held out my hand for ...
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels comes a story of one woman's journey into a secret past--and a life she never expected on the ravaged coast of Biloxi, Mississippi.
It is soon apparent that no help is coming and that these trees, which seem the work of centuries rather than hours, span far beyond the town.
It didn't seem to her there was the remotest chance it could taste like apple pie. Maybe you soaked the crackers in cider or something first. She looked on the box for the recipe, but it wasn't mentioned. Now Ira would be starting to ...
I decided to shower, sit on the deck in the shade, and read. ... In my dreamy state, I could be anywhere, peaceful, floating above the trees. ... A large white house with red shutters surrounding the windows graced the beach.
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There were fourteen color pictures in the book, reproduced paintings of palm trees, beaches, sunsets, thatched native huts— and above ... I read fast and hungrily. Page 1: A picture of a cove. Palm trees. A pink-and-blue sunset.
It was the maidenhair fern that marked the end of the story that we had been reading . When we saw that , we knew that we had come as far from the conditions of the windy beach as it was possible to be , in the dunes .
White sand beaches that could blind a person, as well as horse—shoed safe harbor for boats, graced the island. ... a towel, and a beach umbrella. She set up her little square of the beach and commenced reading. Pink Flame ...
When I got to the beach, I set down my towel and basket of food. I took off my flip-flops and ... She helped her mom make a pink cake with flowers. The house was filled with red ... He saw many green trees and benches around the park.