Tyndale House Publishers
July 2016
On Sale: July 1, 2016
Featuring: Dickie Darrel Lee Hancock; Matt Plumley; Jesse Woods
ISBN: 1414387776 EAN: 9781414387772 Kindle: B0198UUFA2 Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
The summer of 1972 was the most pivotal of Matt Plumley’s
childhood. While his beloved Pirates battle for back-to-back
World Series titles, Matt’s family moves from Pittsburgh to
Dogwood, West Virginia, where his father steps into the
pulpit of a church under the thumb of town leader Basil
Blackwood. A fish out of water, Matt is relieved to forge a
fast bond with two unlikely friends: Dickie Darrel Lee
Hancock, a mixed-race boy, and Jesse Woods, a tough-as-nails
girl with a sister on her hip and no dad in sight.
As the trio traipses the hills and hollers, Matt begins to
fall for Jesse, and their promises to each other draw him
deeper into her terrifying reality. One night, the wrath of
the Blackwoods and the secrets of Jesse’s family collide,
and Matt joins Jesse in a rescue that saves one life and
ends another . . . and severs the bond of their friendship.
Years later, Matt is pulled back to Dogwood and to memories
of that momentous summer by news of Jesse’s upcoming
wedding. He could never shake the feeling that there was
more to the story of that fateful night, and he’s determined
to learn the truth behind the only promise Jesse Woods ever
broke.
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