Prayers for Sale

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FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF TALLGRASS comes a powerful növel about an unlikely friendship between two women and the secrets they Ve kept in order to survive life in a rugged Colorado mining town. It's 1936 and the Great Depression has taken its toll. Up in the high country of the snow-covered Rocky Mountains, eighty-six-year-old Hennie Comfort has lived in Middle Swan, Colorado, since before it was Colorado. When she first meets seventeenyear-old Nit Spindle, Hennie is drawn to the grieving young woman. Nit and her husband have come to this small mining town in search of work, but the loneliness and loss Nit feels are almost too much to bear. One day she notices an old sign that reads prayers for sale in front of Hennie's house. Hennie doesn't actually take money for her prayers, never has, but she invites the skinny girl in anyway. The harsh conditions of life that each has endured create an instant bond, and a friendship is born, one in which the deepest of hardships... Tovább

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FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF TALLGRASS comes a powerful növel about an unlikely friendship between two women and the secrets they Ve kept in order to survive life in a rugged Colorado mining town. It's 1936 and the Great Depression has taken its toll. Up in the high country of the snow-covered Rocky Mountains, eighty-six-year-old Hennie Comfort has lived in Middle Swan, Colorado, since before it was Colorado. When she first meets seventeenyear-old Nit Spindle, Hennie is drawn to the grieving young woman. Nit and her husband have come to this small mining town in search of work, but the loneliness and loss Nit feels are almost too much to bear. One day she notices an old sign that reads prayers for sale in front of Hennie's house. Hennie doesn't actually take money for her prayers, never has, but she invites the skinny girl in anyway. The harsh conditions of life that each has endured create an instant bond, and a friendship is born, one in which the deepest of hardships are shared and the darkest of secrets are confessed. Sandra Dallas has created an unforgettable tale of a friendship between two women, one with surprising twists and turns, and one that is ultimately a revelation of the finest parts of the humán spirit. "Fans of Lee Smith, Sue Monk Kidd, and Kaye Gibbons will love this book." -BOOKLIST (starred review) "The humán spirit triumphs over hardship of the worst sort It makes for the best story of all." - THE SAL T LAKÉ TRIB UNE Vissza