by Lynne Hinton
And please note: A portion of the proceeds of this book will go to Hospice of Alamance-Caswell Counties, for here is where I have learned my greatest lessons.
PRAISE FOR Friendship Cake
“I couldn’t decide which to do first—finish the beautiful story, or try my hand at one of the recipes.”
—Teresa Pregnall, author of Treasured Recipes from the Charleston Cake Lady
“Hinton has done an admirable job creating complex and diverse characters. Her experiences as a pastor and hospice chaplain allow her to tell a story with frankness, grace, and humor.”
—News and Record Newspaper (Greensboro, NC)
“Hinton tackles issues dividing churches today, particularly homosexuality and interracial relationships, in a caring and forthright manner. A deceptively simple first novel.”
—Library Journal
PRAISE FOR THE SEQUEL TO FRIENDSHIP CAKE Garden of Faith
“An anthem to friendship…. To miss it is to deny yourself a small treasure.”
—Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean
“Garden of Faith portrays the struggles and yearnings of the human heart against a backdrop of small town graces and female friendships. It is a lovely novel filled with hope.”
—Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees
“In Lynne Hinton’s Garden of Faith a beautiful story grows side by side with powerful truth. It caused my soul to bloom.”
—Philip Gulley, author of Front Porch Tales and Home to Harmony
“With unexpected humor, sensitive dialogue, and an intimate knowledge of relationships, Lynne Hinton shows us that the ongoing capacity to love and give is the very essence of womanhood.”
—Ann Howard Creel, author of The Magic of Ordinary Days
“An evocative story of friendship and fellowship, love, loss, renewal, and the boundless strength and great good humor unique to women, regardless of age or life-experience.”
—Suzann Ledbetter, author of North of Clever
“For all those who loved Friendship Cake, Garden of Faith will be like a garden party with old friends.”
—Loraine Despres, author of The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc
“With a loving eye for her characters, Lynne Hinton tells a gentle story of faith, healing, and redemption.”
—Brenda Jernigan, author of Every Good & Perfect Gift
PRAISE FOR The Things I Know Best
“Wise men will read it to learn and wise women will read it to remind themselves of things they know best. A lovely book.”
—Malachy McCourt, author of Singing My Him Song
“A book to be savored and treasured.”
—Robert Inman, author of Dairy Queen Days
“A wise and deeply moving coming of age story, of ties that bind, of shadows that haunt, and of a love that draws your heart in. The language of this novel soars and lifts one’s spirit with it.”
—Joan Medlicott, author of The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love and The Gardens of Covington
“Compelling and enjoyable slice of smalltown life…a satisfying blend of love, death, grace, and redemption.”
—Publishers Weekly, April 23, 2001
“Lyrical and light, with an appealing smalltown cast.”
—Kirkus Reviews, May 1, 2001
Copyright
FRIENDSHIP CAKE. Copyright © 2000 by Lynne Hinton. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Adobe Digital Edition May 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-194457-4
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