Return to Cape San Blas - Welch, Nancy

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Résumé :
In this moving tale, readers follow the journey of a young woman, just twenty-nine years old, whose world seems turned upside down by a shocking cancer diagnosis - a story of unexpected failing health to which many can relate. As readers follow her path, they find joy and laughter in the midst of sorrow, romance, suspense, and many surprises. The story offers gentle reminders of the power of love, the enduring bonds of family and friends, and the importance of living each day to the fullest. Set in the backdrop of the small seaside village of Apalachicola and Cape San Blas in North Florida, the reader has the added bonus of learning some of the rich history of the Gulf Coast fishermen and their way of life. Return to Cape San Blas shares a story in a beautiful setting of healing, joy, and discovering that God has been in control all the time. If you have been wondering how to keep your faith during very difficult and trying times, this book is for you.

Biographie:
Nancy Welch's short stories have appeared in Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, North American Review, and elsewhere with citations in Best American Short Stories, Best American Nonrequired Reading, O. Henry, and Pushcart. Her debut collection, The Road from Prosperity, was published by Southern Methodist University Press. Her political essays on caretaking labor and higher education have appeared in Spectre, Tempest, International Socialist Review, and other journals. Professor of English Emerita at the University of Vermont, she lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, where she has returned to horseback riding after a forty-year hiatus and is embracing her identities as a writer and barn rat....

Sommaire:
In this moving tale, readers follow the journey of a young woman, just twenty-nine years old, whose world seems turned upside down by a shocking cancer diagnosis - a story of unexpected failing health to which many can relate. As readers follow her path, they find joy and laughter in the midst of sorrow, romance, suspense, and many surprises. The story offers gentle reminders of the power of love, the enduring bonds of family and friends, and the importance of living each day to the fullest. Set in the backdrop of the small seaside village of Apalachicola and Cape San Blas in North Florida, the reader has the added bonus of learning some of the rich history of the Gulf Coast fishermen and their way of life. Return to Cape San Blas shares a story in a beautiful setting of healing, joy, and discovering that God has been in control all the time. If you have been wondering how to keep your faith during very difficult and trying times, this book is for you....