The Rock Orchard, Paula Wall
The Rock Orchard, Paula Wall
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The Rock Orchard

Author: Paula Wall

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2005

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

“Some women can touch a man and heal like Jesus. The man who sees sunrise from a Belle woman’s bed will swear he’s been born again.”So begins Paula Wall’s funny, poignant, and sexy novel, The Rock Orchard. Musette Belle could lay her hand on a baby’s heart and see his life as if he’d already lived it. Even in death, she continues to shock the good citizens of Leaper’s Fork, Tennessee, and her descendents are doing their best to carry on her legacy. Angela Belle, a haunting and beautiful siren, lures every man she meets into greatness, while her illegitimate and very independent daughter, Dixie, serves tea and vanilla wafers to the statue of the Confederate soldier she believes is her father. But when Charlotte Belle, a woman who would rather spend the night with Jack Daniels than any man she knows, seduces a stranger in the cemetery, it not only transforms the two people involved but the entire town.Blending sensuality, wisdom, and wry wit to create a truly unique love story, The Rock Orchard is about the strength of community, the might of God, and the ultimate power of extraordinary women.

About Paula Wall

Paula Wall is the author of the national bestseller The Rock Orchard, as well as two collections of short pieces, My Love Is Free . . . But the Rest of Me Don’t Come Cheap and If I Were a Man, I’d Marry Me. The latter was a semifinalist for the Thurber Prize. She currently lives outside of Nashville in a converted barn on 150 acres at the foot of the Highland Rim. Her nearest neighbor is one mile down the road, which, frankly, is a little too close for comfort. Visit her website at www.PaulaWall.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary on October 05, 2019

A wonderful stirring, entertaining, witty and sexy little novel. I f ell in love with the beautiful, sexy saucy , wilful, big hearted and free spirited Angela Belle harder than I have with a book character for a long time.......more

Goodreads review by Bronwyn on January 27, 2011

What can I say I loved it? The southern accent of the reader helped me enjoy the book as well as the story. This is the story of the people of Leapers Fork, Tennessee. It starts off with the beautiful, rich & determined females the Belles, Charlotte (the aunt), Angela (the niece) and Dixie (her daugh......more

Goodreads review by Jenn on August 08, 2018

LOVE. From beginning to end. The setting was phenomenal, Southern Charm and wit, at their finest. The characters, though there were many, did not confuse me. I loved each one for what they brought to the story. It was very Shakespearean with its love triangles, and quadrangles. LOL. I hope this auth......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on April 12, 2014

Great great writing. So many great phrases in this novel. I love the belles I love the story I love the hungers that are barely suppressed and explicitly expressed. Every once and a while I stumble into a great novel such as this and I am left wanting more. I think that is the mark of a great novel.......more

Goodreads review by Betty on August 17, 2011

Loved some quotes such as: "Love ain't about how a person look. It about how they feel in the dark." And then talking about money: "It's not what you make, it's what you keep." There were others, but I neglected to mark them. I may go back to find them because they were 'profound.' I really enjoyed......more

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