Carolina Comfort Three generations of one family journaled through memoirs and experiences. One portion of the book follows the correspondence of a young woman and her friends, linking over two hundred postcards sent in the early 1900's. Highlights of the fifties gleaned from family activities remind the reader of what used to be. Another section of the book describes a non-traditional choice of living aboard a boat to travel the East Coast waterways. Readers align themselves with strong family values found in this Southern family testament. "Her work is refreshing in that she draws the reader into the descriptions of bygone eras, from the sparkle of the punch bowl to the aroma of food in the kitchen," Elizabeth Sherrill awarding the Paul Green Multimedia Award for this book. Another judge s! ays of "My Dear Miss Kate," "What a unique way to approach preservation! Dodd takes a box of postcards dating back to the early 1900's... to provide us with an often comical social history of that era...tremondously interesting to judge." Awarded the Willie Parker Peace History Book Award.This digital document is an article from Business North Carolina, published by Business North Carolina on July 1, 1990. The length of the article is 1143 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Distributed by Thomson Gale In this wonderful new novel of friendship and knitting, a woman discovers that secrets can't be kept forever.
Megan Morgan traded the constant mobility of her childhood for a quiet, stable life in Comfort, North Carolina, with a handsome husband, lively children, and a group of longtime friends who've formed a weekly knitting club, Purls Before Wine.
Desperate to escape big-city anonymity and pressure from her marriage-minded boyfriend, a stranger, Elizabeth Detlaff, arrives unexpectedly, certain that fate has guided her to the Carolina mountains. She seems to think that in sleepy, unremarkable Comfort she's found paradise.
Soon, Elizabeth has eagerly invaded Megan's life, living in the apartment over her garage, befriending her mother-in-law and children, fawning over her husband, and joining the Purls. It's not long before Elizabeth brings to light legends ! of Megan's Shetland ancestors, leading her to stumble over a painful, long-buried secret.
Backed into a corner, Megan is forced to examine her choices and ultimately decide what kind of woman she wants to be.
A NC native, Karen Dodd continues her stories of growing up in the 1950's. Her stories describe living on the coast and aboard her boat as she cruised the waters between Baltimore and Marathon. Brief glances at her strong family upbringing, loss of her parents and older sister, and finding joy in grandchildren and herself after cancer. A collection of short stories about the coast is also included. Dodd has won awards and many of her stories are published in popular magazines.Reviews:
From Dee Daily of The Romance Studio:
"Dawn DeAnna Wilson pens one of those tales of a small town and its colorful characters that is a joy to read. Even though the story is about people and their insecurities the way it's told is priceless. The Ma! yor, Queen, the Snake
Lady and many others evolve throug! hout. Th eir antics and the way the author brings the town to life make a perfect backdrop to a love story that has to help two people find the way to become who they want to be. Blythe's story is a
sad one in some ways but she brings so much joy to the book with her antics. Her exuberance is almost palpable as we read. Austin seems like an insecure man who has to come to terms with his life, his comparing himself to others
and always falling short. Rather than take risks that might upset others he buries himself in action heroes while she hides within the ever-changing stories she tells."
From The Long and Short of It, Romance Reviews:
"Every line of Leaving the Comfort Cafe is bursting with sparkling emotion. A genuine pleasure."
Description:
Blythe Shelley got a 1600 on her SAT and a full scholarship to Cornell University.
But she never went.Instead, she took a job as a waitress at the Comfort Cafe in Conyers, North Caro! lina...
Austin Parker wanted to follow his college crush to New York City, but a slumping economy prompted him to take a job as town manager of Conyers, where his master's degree was no match for the well-oiled machine of "good ol' boy" Southern politics.
Austin went to the Comfort Cafe to sample its famous raspberry pie, but he got much more than dessert---he got a dose of Blythe, who brings a splash of color into his gray-flannel world.
Austin is determined to discover why Blythe gave up her Ivy League ambitions.
This novel will be enjoyed by fans of Anne Tyler, Joshilyn Jackson and A.M. HomesReviews:
From Dee Daily of The Romance Studio:
"Dawn DeAnna Wilson pens one of those tales of a small town and its colorful characters that is a joy to read. Even though the story is about people and their insecurities the way it's told is priceless. The Mayor, Queen, the Snake
Lady and many others evolve throughout. Thei! r antics and the way the author brings the town to life make a! perfect backdrop to a love story that has to help two people find the way to become who they want to be. Blythe's story is a
sad one in some ways but she brings so much joy to the book with her antics. Her exuberance is almost palpable as we read. Austin seems like an insecure man who has to come to terms with his life, his comparing himself to others
and always falling short. Rather than take risks that might upset others he buries himself in action heroes while she hides within the ever-changing stories she tells."
From The Long and Short of It, Romance Reviews:
"Every line of Leaving the Comfort Cafe is bursting with sparkling emotion. A genuine pleasure."
Description:
Blythe Shelley got a 1600 on her SAT and a full scholarship to Cornell University.
But she never went.Instead, she took a job as a waitress at the Comfort Cafe in Conyers, North Carolina...
Austin Parker wanted to follow his college crush to New York City, but a slumpi! ng economy prompted him to take a job as town manager of Conyers, where his master's degree was no match for the well-oiled machine of "good ol' boy" Southern politics.
Austin went to the Comfort Cafe to sample its famous raspberry pie, but he got much more than dessert---he got a dose of Blythe, who brings a splash of color into his gray-flannel world.
Austin is determined to discover why Blythe gave up her Ivy League ambitions.
This novel will be enjoyed by fans of Anne Tyler, Joshilyn Jackson and A.M. HomesA wrecker operator with a hardened heart spends Christmas on the icy interstate and unexpectedly lends a hand in a holiday miracle. A fisherman struggling with the death of his wife plants a memorial to her in a special place. A family on the edge of financial ruin unloads its prized possessions at a Christmas yard sale only to have a mysterious, bow-tied stranger answer their prayers. Meet these characters and more in this engagi! ng collection of holiday stories, Comfort & Joy. Set in the ! Carolina s - from the southern Blue Ridge Mountains to the sea islands of the Lowcountry - these tales reverberate with the homespun style of a classic storyteller, Kirk Neely, pastor of Morningside Baptist Church in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Neely's ode to the redemptive power of Christmas harkens back to O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi." Along the way he introduces us to Sara Williams, a young woman who carries the family legacy of sweetgrass basket making but whose life has gone off track into drugs and prostitution. In the story "Joe's Tree" we follow a Christmas tree on a miraculous journey from a child's grave to a frat house to children's shelter. And together with schoolteacher Mary Alice McCall we learn how slaves once used handmade quilts as a beacon of hope.
Comfort & Joy, beautifully illustrated by June Neely Kern, is a book of unforgettable characters and images. The Hub City Writers Project proudly presents these stories as a Chr! istmas gift to readers in our own community and beyond. Enjoy!Our updated design with tufted reversible cushion for two beds in one. Velvet microfiber fabric. Orthopedic foam base for comfort and relief on joints. Zippered covers is removable for easy machine washing. Bolsters and cushion have 100-percent polyester high loft fill for added comfort.
