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A Grandmother's Guide to Happiness
Atria
September 2006
On Sale: September 12, 2006
176 pages
ISBN: 0743497112
EAN: 9780743497114
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction Jewell
Parker Rhodes is a master of her craft, under-standing how
both real and imagined stories can serve as a pathway to
enlightenment. Porch Stories is Rhodes's tribute to her
beloved grandmother, a real account of the love she received
and the lessons she learned. Jewell Parker Rhodes was left in the care of her father and
his mother when her own mother abandoned the family.
Grandmother Ernestine's house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
was home to four other grandchildren as well. And while its
crumbling bricks, lack of air-conditioning, and neighborhood
rodents meant that life was anything but easy, the family
house was filled with love. Everyone on their street knew
and loved Grandmother Ernestine; men would tip their hats
and children would rush up for a hug any time she was outside. No one loved Grandmother Ernestine more than Jewell, who
would pass up a movie with her cousins to sit outside on
Ernestine's front stoop and listen to her stories and her
words of comfort. Jewell would later move out West to live
with her mother and father as they reattempted marriage. But
that was a short-lived experience. Before long, she was back
in the loving arms of her grandmother, whose wisdom and
warmth gave all of her children the tools to overcome the
ordinary and extraordinary challenges life brings. Porch
Stories, described by Rhodes as "an intergenerational love
song," is a loving tribute that is at once candid,
courageous, and reverent -- a literary portrait of family
love that readers from all walks of life can see in themselves.
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