Adelaide Piper
Author | : Beth Webb Hart |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2006-07-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781418525675 |
ISBN-13 | : 1418525677 |
Rating | : 4/5 (677 Downloads) |
Download or read book Adelaide Piper written by Beth Webb Hart and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2006-07-11 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “With humor and a nice southern accent...a fine follow-up to her highlypraised first novel, Grace at Love Tide.” –Booklist, starred review The year is 1989 and dark currents lurk beneath the smooth surface of theelite Virginia campus where Adelaide Piper has come to study. Her poeticsensibility and idealism only irritate the socialites and cynics who notice herat all. After a heartbreaking loss of innocence, Adelaide must navigate between hergenteel Southern upbringing and the gritty realities of a new generation. Ultimately Adelaide must return to the very ground she once cursed, findinga deeper appreciation for her Southern heritage, however broken and imperfect. Featured in Southern Living's Books of the South