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Title: From the Heart of Covington by Joan A. Medlicott ISBN: 0-312-98825-7 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 September, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Novel With Lots of Heart
Comment: I love those ladies of Covington! It's so refreshing to find older women portrayed as the interesting, vital and caring people so many of them are. As an author myself, of NEW PSALMS FOR NEW MOMS: A KEEPSAKE JOURNAL, I especially appreciate the role of motherhood that is shown so well with all of its pitfalls as well as blessings. Visit Covington and you'll enjoy your stay -- and hate to leave!
Rating: 4
Summary: A delightful series
Comment: The latest in the saga of the three ladies, and such a delight to read. No murder, no violence, true to life characters. One of those books you hate to see end.
Rating: 4
Summary: ONE MORE YEAR IN THE LIVES OF THE LADIES
Comment: With the third offering in Joan Medlicott's popular Covington series her trio of silver haired ladies have grown older but apparently not incrementally wiser. Amelia is as credulous and wide-eyed as ever, competent, blustery Hannah still says the wrong thing, and kind hearted Grace with the ever present bandanna tucked into skirt waistband toils in the kitchen. Nonetheless, their irrepressible spirits suggest that life doesn't begin at 40 but rather at 65.
Since leaving Pennsylvania for a farm in Covington, North Carolina, the adventuresome triumvirate has survived fire, a duplicitous suitor, a failed business, greedy land developers, and annual invasions of ladybugs.
It is now 1999 and the Y2K scare is approaching. But, the greatest challenges facing the ladies involve their hearts as woes beset family and friends.
Hannah's estranged daughter, Laura, has been seriously injured in a hurricane, a storm that killed the man she loved. The young woman Hannah describes as "hard to handle, rebellious," is invited to recuperate at the farm. Covered with scars, her leg in a cast, sedated for the journey, Laura arrives. She is in physical pain, and emotionally bereft.
In addition, Laura finds much at the farm irritating; "...the creak of the porch floor under the ladies' rocking chairs, the minuscule bathroom that forced her to leave the door ajar with her toes out in the hall."
Surprisingly, it is Amelia who makes the first breakthrough. Recalling the depression she felt when her husband died, she is able to establish a fragile bond with the young woman, eventually forging a friendship over bowls of coffee ice cream.
However, Amelia soon finds more to occupy her mind. Her recently found talent for photography proves to be more than a hobby when her work is selected for showing at a New York gallery.
Hannah is filled with anticipation after she is asked to be director of the Bella Maxwell Park and Preserve, gardens, hiking trails, campsites, museums, and "a living Indian village" to be established on the 700 acres of land saved from developers' strip malls.
It would seem that the ladies' lives are taking different paths as Grace receives a call from a dear friend, Brenda, who has just learned that her husband is terminally ill. As always, Grace finds a way to help.
To compound this concern, Grace is diagnosed with diabetes, a fact she resolutely denies, and she is worried about Lucy, a young friend. Officials suspect that Lucy may be an abuse victim. Grace also fears that her son, Roger, will be unfaithful to his longtime companion.
Sound like a soap opera? At times it is. Yet, it is an opera filled with sustaining values - friendship, loyalty, kindness, and love. Granted, there are times when one would like Grace's indignation to be expressed a bit more forcefully than wanting to "snatch back a bandanna" she has given or one is tempted to push Hannah into communicating with her daughter.
Yet once again Medlicott portrays Southern characters with precision and fondness, while decorating her tale with expressive descriptions of seasonal foliage. Fans will welcome From The Heart Of Covington, another year in the life of the ladies and one more reminder of all that glitters in golden years.
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Title: The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love : A Novel by Joan A. Medlicott ISBN: 0312979452 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind : A Novel by Ann B. Ross ISBN: 0688177751 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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