Have you ever had a time in your life where nothing goes
your way? This is what is happening to Sophie. At the
age of
fifteen her mother passes away and she has no one.
Sophie quits going to school, and ends up on the streets.
Sophie meets Gabe; he also lives on the streets. The only
difference is Gabe is a criminal, but Sophie doesn't care
she
would do anything for him.
One night Gabe decides that he is going to rob a store.
He
takes Sophie with him and makes her take the money from
the
cash register. Little did they both know a policeman was
in the store. They get arrested, Gabe is sent to jail,
Sophie to
live with a grandmother that she didn't know she had.
Sue Ann Sellon book is very inspirational writer. While
both of the main characters Sophie and her grandmother try
to deal with secrets of their own, they find that the
SECRETS OF THE PORCH are where they can tell each other
any
thing. Sue Ann Sellon made me take a long hard look at my
own life. I don't have a porch, but like other
people I do have secrets.
Sellon shows how God can help any one if you want it
enough. I am not a practicing Catholic, but I do believe
in
God, and feel that he will only give a person what he
feels
that they can handle.
I really enjoyed how both Sophie and Lily come to rely on
each other. No matter how tough Sophie thinks that she
is,
Lily knows what is in her heart. Both characters blossom
in SECRETS OF THE PORCH. Sophie goes from not caring
about Lily to
realizing that she is much better off because of her.
Only a
good writer can convey this message. Thumbs up, great
story line.
How long can a person hold their secret safe? The agony
alone is unbearable. This porch has a story,
a life. It breathes with memories of loveand secrets.
Sixteen-year-old Sophie Mae Randolph, caught
robbing a gas station with her boyfriend Gabe, avoids the
juvenile detention center by accepting the
Judge's alternative: that she spend a year on a Nebraska
farm with her grandmother, Lila, whom she
has never met.
None too happy at first, Sophie eventually settles into
farm life and opens up to the love of her
grandmother, a dog named Hunner, and a new boyfriend named
Blake. Along the way, Sophie realizes
that not only does she have her secrets, but Lila does
too. When Gabe reappears, Sophie's very life
may be in danger. Will Sophie and her grandma share their
deepest secrets, or will they hide in the
shells they've created for so many year? Discover the
transforming power of love and the Secrets of
the Porch.
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