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2) Benediction
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A terminally ill cancer patient is attended throughout his final days by his wife and daughter while the trio contemplates their relationships with an estranged son, a situation that stirs up painful memories for a new next-door neighbor who has recently lost her mother.
3) Plainsong
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
The interwoven lives of a community in Colorado. The characters include two cattle farmers who take in a girl, thrown out of her house for becoming pregnant. The novel describes the girl's impact on their lives, both men being bachelors.
4) Eventide
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Vintage Contemporaries
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Former high-school football hero Jack Burdette returns to his hometown eight years after he had left, but his one-time pranks and high-spirited high jinks have turned into crimes--with terrifying consequences for the people of Holt County.
7) Plainsong
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A heartbroken husband has been abandoned by his wife with two boys to raise. His sympathetic colleague cares for her ailing father. A pregnant high school girl is thrown out of her house with nowhere to go. A couple of bachelors set in their ways face a life-altering challenge. Gradually drawn together through simple acts of kindness and humanity, their paths are indelibly interwoven. With courage and tenacity, they redefine their lives, ease each...