Perennials, Julie Cantrell
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Perennials

Unabridged: 10 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/14/2017


Synopsis

Evaknown to all as Loveygrew up safe and secure in Oxford, Mississippi, surrounded by a rich literary history and her mothers stunning flower gardens. But a shed fire, and the injuries that it caused, seemed to change everything especially when her older sister, Bitsy, blamed Lovey for the irreparable damage.Bitsy became the cheerleader. The homecoming queen. The perfect Southern belle who could do no wrong. All the while, Lovey served as the family scapegoat, always bearing the brunt when Bitsy threw blame her way.At eighteen, suffocating in her sisters shadow, Lovey turned down a marriage proposal and fled to Arizonaa place as far from Mississippi as she could find.In time, she became a successful advertising executive and a weekend yoga instructor, carving a satisfying life for herself, free from Bitsys vicious lies. But now that shes turning forty-five, Lovey is feeling more alone than ever and questioning the choices that have led her here.When she gets a call from her father insisting that she come home three weeks early for her parents fiftieth anniversary, Lovey is at wits end. Shes about to close the biggest contract of her career, and theres a lot on the line. But despite the risks, her fathers words, family first, draw her right back to the red dirt roads of Mississippi.Lovey is welcomed home by a secret projecta memory garden her father has planned as an anniversary surprise for her mother. As she helps create this sacred space, Lovey begins to rediscover her roots, learning to live perennially in spite of lifes many trials and tragedies.Years ago, Lovey chose to leave her family and the South far behind. But now that shes returned, shes realizing things at home were not always what they seemed. Southern Living Magazine Pickfor Most Anticipated Books for Fall. Redbook Magazine Pickof 20 Must-Read Books by Women.

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