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Overview[With The Sweet In-Between, ] bestseller Reynolds delivers again . . . Simple prose rich with subtext, convincing dialogue, and a fascinating protagonist combine to produce a heartstring-plucker that's explicit, tender, sad, and hopeful. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sheri ReynoldsPublisher: Shaye Areheart Books Imprint: Shaye Areheart Books Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 0.386kg ISBN: 9780307393890ISBN 10: 0307393895 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 25 November 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Undefined Publisher's Status: Unknown Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsReviews[A]s true as butter in your grits....[a] powerful drama with pathos, poetry, and, unexpectedly, hope. <br>-- People<br> <br> [A] sweet coming-of-age story, thanks to its young, wise-beyond-her-years, Scout Finch-esque heroine. <br>-- Entertainment Weekly <br> Reynolds...is a gifted writer with a deceptively simple style and a keen ear for dialogue. <br>-- The Boston Globe <br>Praise for Sheri Reynolds <br> Firefly Cloak <br> Reynolds's newest novel delivers more of the rich southern atmosphere and coming-of-age drama that made The Rapture of Canaan (1995) an Oprah Book Club selection and bestseller. <br>-- Booklist (starred review) <br> Reynolds is the newest and most exciting voice to emerge in contemporary southern fiction. <br>-- San Francisco Bay Guardian <p> A Gracious Plenty <br> Reynolds is a wonderful storyteller and master of pastoral imagery. <br>-- New York Times Book Review <br> Mesmerizing . . . Reynolds's earthly insights make for a redemptive finale--but not before some satisfying storms of retribution. <br>-- Entertainment Weekly <br> An imaginative tour de force . . . Pushing beyond the boundaries of her earlier work, Ms. Reynolds has created a life-affirming novel that gathers the joy and pain of living into a celebration of what it means to be human. <br>-- Richmond Times-Dispatch <p> The Rapture of Canaan <br> Ms. Reynolds's poetic gifts are uncommonly powerful. In The Rapture of Canaan, she tells a truly rapturous love story and presents two unforgettable characters: the teenage heroine and her skeptical but stalwart grandmother, from whom she learns about the acceptance of loss, the pragmatism that must underlie any abiding love, and the placein every heart where God resides, waiting to reveal himself. <br>-- New York Times Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |