The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
A Novel
by Jenny Wingfield
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Pub Date Jul 12 2011 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Random House Publishing Group | Random House
Description
“Raw, dark, and powerful . . . Southern Gothic at its best. The Homecoming of Samuel Lake puts one in mind of Erskine Caldwell and Flannery O’Connor.”—Fannie Flagg
Every first Sunday in June, members of the Moses clan gather for an annual reunion at a sprawling hundred-acre farm in Arkansas. And every year, Samuel Lake, a vibrant and committed young preacher, brings his beloved wife, Willadee Moses, and their three children back for the festivities. In the midst of it all, Samuel and Willadee’s outspoken eleven-year-old daughter, Swan, is a bright light. Her high spirits and fearlessness have alternately seduced and bedeviled three generations of the family. But just as the reunion is getting under way, tragedy strikes, jolting the family to their core and setting the stage for a summer of crisis and profound change.
With the clear-eyed wisdom that illuminates the most tragic—and triumphant—aspects of human nature, Jenny Wingfield has created an enduring work of fiction.
“Jenny Wingfield has given us a spectacular novel [that] will make you laugh out loud one minute, hold your breath the next, and weep when you least expect it.”—Dorothea Benton Frank, author of Folly Beach
“[This novel] touches on many genres—family life, Christian fiction, coming-of-age, and suspense. . . . Readers will love it.”—Library Journal (starred review)
“Wingfield hooks the reader with her opening sentence. . . . The reader is thoroughly caught up in the family saga.”—Abilene Reporter-News
“A lovely debut . . . a bittersweet, inspirational tale.”—The Dallas Morning News
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Advance Praise
-Fannie Flagg, bestselling author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
"Jenny Wingfield's richly detailed account of good and evil in 1950s Arkansas will captivate anyonewho treasures the values of faith and honesty that are a part of America's rural past. Wingfield's sense of people and place is uncanny. After reading The Homecoming of Samuel Lake, you too will believe in miracles."-Sandra Dallas, New York Times bestselling author of Prayers for Sale and Whiter Than Snow
"Jenny Wingfield has given us a spectacular novel with The Homecoming of Samuel Lake.This ensemble of unforgettable characters will make you laugh out loud one minute, hold your breath the next, and weep when you least expect it. I didn't just love this book, I adored it."-Dorothea Benton Frank, New York Timesbestselling author of Lowcountry Summer
"Readers will lift up their hands in praise of this layered tale of sin, grace, and redemption. The Homecoming of Samuel Lake has a supreme cast of characters includinga flawed but righteous daddy, a makes-your-skin-crawl villain, and the sassiest, truest girl heroine this side of Scout Finch. Can I get an ‘Amen'?"-Susan Rebecca White, New York Times bestselling author of A Soft Place to Land and Bound South
"Wingfield writes complex, believable heroes . . . with redemption trumping tragedies in scenes ripe with tension and dread."-Publishers Weekly
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780679603603 |
| PRICE | $7.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 352 |
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