This Is Where It Ends
- Fiction
- Publisher: Revell (Baker Publishing Group)
- Published: 2023
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Publisher's Description
Award-Winning Author Pens a Unique Southern TaleWhen Minerva Jane Jenkins was just 14 years old, she married a man who moved her to the mountains. He carried with him a small box, which he told her was filled with gold. And when he died 50 years later, he made her promise to keep his secret. She is to tell no one about the box or the treasure it contains. Now 94, Minerva is nearing the end of what has sometimes been a lonely life. But she's kept that secret. Even so, rumors of hidden gold have a way of spreading, and Minerva is visited by a reporter, Del Rankin, who wants to know more of her story. His friend who joins him only wants to find the location of the gold. Neither of them knows quite who they're up against when it comes to the old woman on the mountain. As an unlikely friendship develops, Minerva is tempted to reveal her secret to Del. After all, how long is one bound by a promise? But the truth of what's really buried in the box may be hidden even from her.
Endorsements (4)
“This is the fourth book I’ve read by Cindy Sproles. Each time I think, This is the way Christian fiction should be written. The message of God’s love is embedded in the storyline and characters; it’s not a crude attempt to impose the gospel message. At times the story is sad, but it’s also highly inspirational.”
“In This Is Where It Ends, author Cindy K. Sproles again gives readers unforgettable characters that feel like family. Few can find the richness in a scene of seeming deprivation and poverty like Sproles, who draws beautiful images in a slanting screen door and a slanting sun, a worn porch board and worn-through patience, even the aching bones of a woman aching for heaven. Sweet and sharp, drawn out like hard-to-come-by forgiveness, This Is Where It Ends provides readers with insights they didn’t know they needed.”
“Cindy K. Sproles is a master of the Appalachian story, immersing her reader into that distinctive mountain life once again in This Is Where It Ends. She invites her reader bit by bit into spitfire Minerva’s life, then builds upon that relationship to weave a powerful and emotional story that will stay with you even after you’ve read the last word. After all, how long does a body keep a promise?”
“Blood might be thicker than water, but love trumps both in Cindy K. Sproles’s touching novel This Is Where It Ends. An unexpected bond forms between a Kentucky mountain woman in the twilight of life and a young reporter who enters her remote world. Together, they explore the nature and meaning of family as they unravel their entwined past—all against the backdrop of a glorious mountain landscape, beautifully rendered by the author.”
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