Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore (2008, Hardcover)

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PublisherCrown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-100307395014
ISBN-139780307395016
eBay Product ID (ePID)61647079

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Book TitleLooking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
TopicContemporary Women, Family Life, Coming of Age
GenreFiction
AuthorSusan Gregg Gilmore
FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight19.2 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2007-032673
Reviews"This is Susan Gregg Gilmore's first novel, but her voice is similar to that of Fannie Flagg. Readers of Southern stories will enjoy the poignant self-discovery journey of this lovable heroine." Tampa Tribune "Gilmore tells her tale with gentle humor and genuine regard for her characters." Omaha World-Herald "If I had to make a comparison, I would compare Susan Gregg Gilmore to Fannie Flagg, but Gilmore more than holds her own. This is an unusually engaging novel by a very fine writer who knows exactly what she is doing." Lee Smith , author of The Last Girls "Susan Gregg Gilmore's debut novel, Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen , is storytelling at its best, entertaining and lively and full of surprises. Catherine Grace Cline, the endearing witty heroine, gives her domestic journey titles of Biblical proportion as she finds more than salvation along the way." Jill McCorkle, author of Carolina Moon From the Hardcover edition., "If I had to make a comparison, I would compare Susan Gregg Gilmore to Fannie Flagg, but Gilmore more than holds her own. This is an unusually engaging novel by a very fine writer who knows exactly what she is doing." -Lee Smith,author ofThe Last Girls "Susan Gregg Gilmore's debut novel,Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen, is storytelling at its best, entertaining and lively and full of surprises. Catherine Grace Cline, the endearing witty heroine, gives her domestic journey titles of Biblical proportion as she finds more than salvation along the way." -Jill McCorkle, author ofCarolina Moon, "This is Susan Gregg Gilmore's first novel, but her voice is similar to that of Fannie Flagg. Readers of Southern stories will enjoy the poignant self-discovery journey of this lovable heroine." -Tampa Tribune "Gilmore tells her tale with gentle humor and genuine regard for her characters." -Omaha World-Herald "If I had to make a comparison, I would compare Susan Gregg Gilmore to Fannie Flagg, but Gilmore more than holds her own. This is an unusually engaging novel by a very fine writer who knows exactly what she is doing." -Lee Smith,author ofThe Last Girls "Susan Gregg Gilmore's debut novel,Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen, is storytelling at its best, entertaining and lively and full of surprises. Catherine Grace Cline, the endearing witty heroine, gives her domestic journey titles of Biblical proportion as she finds more than salvation along the way." -Jill McCorkle, author ofCarolina Moon
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.6
SynopsisSometimes you have to return to the place where you began, to arrive at the place where you belong. It's the early 1970s. The town of Ringgold, Georgia, has a population of 1,923, one traffic light, one Dairy Queen, and one Catherine Grace Cline. The daughter of Ringgold's third-generation Baptist preacher, Catherine Grace is quick-witted, more than a little stubborn, and dying to escape her small-town life. Every Saturday afternoon, she sits at the Dairy Queen, eating Dilly Bars and plotting her getaway to Atlanta. And when, with the help of a family friend, the dream becomes a reality, she immediately packs her bags, leaving her family and the boy she loves to claim the life she's always imagined. But before things have even begun to get off the ground in Atlanta, tragedy brings Catherine Grace back home. As a series of extraordinary events alter her perspectiveand sweeping changes come to Ringgold itselfCatherine Grace begins to wonder if her place in the world may actually be, against all odds, right where she began. Intelligent, charming, and utterly readable, Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen marks the debut of a talented new literary voice.
LC Classification NumberPS3607.I4527L66 2008

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