Velva Jean Learns to Drive
Set in Appalachia in the years before World War II, Velva Jean Learns to Drive is a poignant story of a spirited young girl growing up in the gold-mining and moonshining South. Before she dies, Velva Jean's mother urges her to "live out there in the great wide world." Velva Jean dreams of...
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Set in Appalachia in the years before World War II, Velva Jean Learns to Drive is a poignant story of a spirited young girl growing up in the gold-mining and moonshining South. Before she dies, Velva Jean's mother urges her to "live out there in the great wide world." Velva Jean dreams of becoming a big-time singer in Nashville until she falls in love with Harley Bright, a handsome juvenile delinquent turned revival preacher. As their tumultuous love story unfolds, Velva Jean must choose between keeping her hard-won home and pursuing her dream of singing in the Grand Ole Opry.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101057797 (1101057793)
Publish date: July 28th 2009
Publisher: Plume Books
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Coming Of Age,
Southern,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
Series: Velva Jean (#1)
Velva Jean’s daddy often took off, leaving his family wondering when he’d return. Later, he’d walk back through the door, as if he’d just stepped outside for a break, and the days and the months that he’d been gone, you’d think they were just all your imagination. When their mama died, the kids were...
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