Not since Margaret Mitchell's Scarlett O'Hara has there been a more
talked about literary character than Glory Anne Grimes. When she
was good, she was very very good. When she was bad, she was sleaze.
The saga begins when our heroine is ten years old and naive.
Forty-three years later, Glory Anne Grimes is still naive and
proved to be a slow learner. Angel Peters and Michele Dionne, being
at opposite ends of the spiritual and moral spectrum, have a
polarizing effect on Glory Anne. She considers herself somewhere
between them, and throughout these years is pulled from one extreme
to the other searching for a deeper relationship with God, while
yielding to lust amid her Catholic fidelity instilled in childhood.
Mushrooms of Autumn is one person's journey in search of happiness
only to realize it was there all along. The years recall the
closeted shame, guilt, and frustration that come with growing up in
the 50's and 60's and leads into the redemptive years of the 80's.
Two themes run throughout the novel: (1) in spite of seemingly
insignificant events of childhood that influence us toward success
or failure, we are a product of our life's experiences; and (2) God
will wait for as long as it takes to get our lives together. The
Mushrooms of Autumn could be anyone's story because it's about
values: the rise, the fall and the journey back, while embracing a
shadow-side often cloaked in mystery even to one's self. A MUST
READ for anyone who remembers coming of age whether at fourteen or
forty-two.
General
Imprint: |
Friesenpress
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2012 |
First published: |
February 2012 |
Authors: |
Don Gardner
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
Pages: |
510 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-77067-776-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Sagas
|
LSN: |
1-77067-776-3 |
Barcode: |
9781770677760 |
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