Adelaide Piper
- Fiction
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Published: 2006
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Publisher's Description
“With humor and a nice southern accent…a fine follow-up to her highly praised first novel, Grace at Love Tide.” – Booklist, starred review The year is 1989 and dark currents lurk beneath the smooth surface of the elite Virginia campus where Adelaide Piper has come to study. Her poetic sensibility and idealism only irritate the socialites and cynics who notice her at all. After a heartbreaking loss of innocence, Adelaide must navigate between her genteel Southern upbringing and the gritty realities of a new generation. Ultimately Adelaide must return to the very ground she once cursed, finding a deeper appreciation for her Southern heritage, however broken and imperfect. Featured in Southern Living 's Books of the South
Endorsements (5)
“Filled with sensitive and skillful writing . . . Adelaide Piper is a song from the heart!” —inthelibraryreviews.net. “Hart’s characters are well developed and true to life. I will look for more books by this author.”
“It really speaks to the heart while tackling tough issues.” —www.epinions.com referring to Adelaide Piper “[E]njoyable, contemporary reading that is entertaining . . .”
“[Grace at Low Tide] is unabashedly about the presence of God in the midst of pain and hopelessness. It is a gentle coming-of-age story with a warm, tender slant.”
“Grace at Low Tide, Hart’s first novel, is an aromatic bouillabaisse of Southern manners, island life and God’s redemptive love. Readers who love Oprah’s book picks will find this title in keeping with the best contemporary fiction.”
“Beth Webb Hart’s storytelling is as rich, complex, and detailed as the intricate Southern landscape she describes [in Grace at Low Tide]. Mercy and grace flow from the pages of this coming-of-age novel. A glorious debut.”
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