Good Hope Road
by Lisa Wingate
NAL
Contemporary Romance
May 1, 2003
ISBN-13: 0451208617
Available in: Trade Size
In a time of crisis, two women come together... And set off down a road of hope...
Good Hope Road is the long-awaited follow up to Lisa Wingate's national bestselling first novel, Tending Roses. If you've ever been inspired by the ability of ordinary people to rise above extraordinary tragedy, let the residents of Poetry, Missouri lift your heart as they rise from the ashes of a deadly tornado.
Eudora Gibson - Trapped underground by the tornado and trapped in the bitterness of the past, unwilling to be rescued by young Jenilee Lane, the neighbor to whom she has always turned a cold shoulder, she must face the secrets of the past to find a new path to the future.
Jenilee Lane - Imprisoned in the world of her struggling family and her alcoholic father, desperate to break free and find herself, she must discover an inner strength she never knew she possessed.
Dr. Michael Albright - Forced off the road by the tornado, a stranger on the verge of physical and emotional collapse, he must open himself to the caring of others to rebuild his shattered life and rediscover the man he once was.
Brought close by tragedy, those whose paths merge on Good Hope Road will learn lessons about the resilience of the human spirit and the ties that make a community strong.
Lisa Wingate is a popular writer and inspirational speaker in central Texas, where she lives with her husband and two sons. She was raised in Oklahoma and studied writing at Oklahoma State University. Tending Roses, her first mainstream novel, is a particularly special debut, as the grandmother stories in the book are based on the recollections of her own grandmother.