The secret keepers of Old Depot Grocery / Amanda Cox.
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TextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2021]Description: 324 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780800737412
- 0800737415
- 9780800740573
- 0800740572
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Book of the Year, 2022 Christy Awards
"Readers will fall in love with Old Depot Grocery and its women as Cox explores themes of loneliness and isolation and highlights mother daughter relationships and the strength of the female spirit. Cox is a writer to turn to for emotionally rich and redemptive fiction."-- Booklist starred review
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Present Day. After tragedy plunges her into grief and unresolved anger, Sarah Ashby returns to her childhood home determined to finally follow her long-denied dream of running Old Depot Grocery alongside her mother and grandmother. But when she arrives, her mother, Rosemary, announces to her that the store is closing. Sarah and her grandmother, Glory Ann, make a pact to save the store, but Rosemary has worked her entire life to make sure her daughter never follows in her footsteps. She has her reasons--but she'll certainly never reveal the real one.
1965. Glory Ann confesses to her family that she's pregnant with her deceased fiancé's baby. Pressured into a marriage of convenience with a shopkeeper to preserve the family reputation, Glory Ann vows never to love again. But some promises are not as easily kept as she imagined.
This dual-timeline story from Amanda Cox deftly explores the complexity of a mother-daughter dynamic, the way the secrets we keep shape our lives and the lives of others, and the healing power of telling the truth.
"Amanda Cox's poignant novel waltzes 'between grief and joy' as its mothers and daughters grow to appreciate each other's strengths."-- Foreword Reviews
"For decades, three generations of women of Old Depot Grocery have been keeping secrets from each other. When Sarah returns home with hopes of running the store, the long-buried past will be brought into the light and threaten not only to destroy the family business but sever the family ties"-- Provided by publisher.
Present Day: Following a tragedy, Sarah Ashby returns to her childhood home determined to finally follow her dream of running Old Depot Grocery alongside her mother and grandmother. When her mother, Rosemary, announces that the store is closing: she has worked her entire life to make sure her daughter never followed in her footsteps. Sarah and her grandmother, Glory Ann, make a pact to save the store. 1965: Glory Ann confesses to her family that she's pregnant with her deceased fiancé's baby. Pressured into a marriage of convenience with a shopkeeper to preserve the family reputation, Glory Ann vows never to love again. Some promises are not as easily kept as one imagines. -- adapted from back cover