Jewel
1st Edition
Published on 15. November 2011
368 pages
978-1-4391-2191-7 (ISBN)
Description
A "sweeping and beautifully written" (The New York Times Book Review) novel of how quickly a life can change; how, like lightning, an unforeseen event can set us on a course without reason or compass.
In the backwoods of Mississippi, a land of honeysuckle and grapevine, Jewel and her husband, Leston, are truly blessed; they have five fine children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome.
In this story of a woman's devotion to the child who is both her burden and God's singular way of smiling on her, Bret Lott has created a mother-daughter relationship of matchless intensity and beauty, and one of the finest, most indomitable heroines in contemporary American fiction.
In the backwoods of Mississippi, a land of honeysuckle and grapevine, Jewel and her husband, Leston, are truly blessed; they have five fine children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome.
In this story of a woman's devotion to the child who is both her burden and God's singular way of smiling on her, Bret Lott has created a mother-daughter relationship of matchless intensity and beauty, and one of the finest, most indomitable heroines in contemporary American fiction.
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Bret Lott, a native of Los Angeles, California, is the author of several highly acclaimed novels and two collections of short stories, and a memoir. He lives with his wife and two sons near Charleston, South Carolina, and teaches at the College of Charleston and Vermont College.
Content
- Cover
- Dedication
- Book One
- 1943
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- 1944
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- 1949
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- 1952
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Book Two
- 1952
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- 1960
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- 1962
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37
- Chapter 38
- 1984
- Epilogue
- About the Author
- Copyright
