Wedding cake

Format:

Book (large print)

Title:

Wedding cake

Author:

Hinton, Lynne.

ISBN:

9781602858534

Edition:

Large print ed.

Publication Information:

Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2010.

Physical Description:

318 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Series title(s):

Hope Springs series ;

Number in series:

#5.

Summary:

It has been a difficult year for the ladies of Hope Springs, North Carolina, who had to bid a final farewell to a good friend. But Beatrice Newgarden Witherspoon, Jessie Jenkins, and Louise Fisher are now ready to take on a new project: they're determined to find a husband for their young, single pastor friend Charlotte Stewart, since she's too busy running a shelter in New Mexico to look for a suitable companion herself. The matchmaking doesn't go as smoothly as the ladies had anticipated, but the subject of marriage is having an unexpected effect on each of the women's lives. Beatrice's daughter has special news; the last person Louise would ever expect to see turns up on her doorstep; and Jessie's husband wishes to recommit to her forever.

Subject(s):

Female friendship -- Fiction.

Church membership -- Fiction.

Large type books.

North Carolina -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

North Carolina -- Fiction.

Genre:

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It has been a difficult year for the ladies of Hope Springs, North Carolina, who had to bid a final farewell to a good friend. But Beatrice Newgarden Witherspoon, Jessie Jenkins, and Louise Fisher are now ready to take on a new project: they're determined to find a husband for their young, single pastor friend Charlotte Stewart, since she's too busy running a shelter in New Mexico to look for a suitable companion herself.The matchmaking doesn't go as smoothly as the ladies had anticipated, but the subject of marriage is having an unexpected effect on each of the women's lives. Beatrice's daughter has special news; the last person Louise would ever expect to see turns up on her doorstep; and Jessie's husband wishes to recommit to her forever.

Author Notes

Lynne Hinton is from North Carolina. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her Masters of Divinity degree from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. She also studied at Wake Forest University and the NC School of the Arts, School of Filmmaking.

While in seminary, Lynne began considering writing and enrolled in literature classes. She is the author of several books, including a nonfiction piece, MEDITATIONS FOR WALKING, and the Hope Springs Trilogy with FRIENDSHIP CAKE, CHRISTMAS CAKE AND WEDDING CAKE.

Lynne also has a mystery series with St. Martin's, written under the name, Jackie Lynn which includes DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE, JACOB'S LADDER, and SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT.

Lynne is a regular columnist with The Charlotte Observer and she has served as a chaplain with hospice and as the pastor of Mount Hope United Church of Christ and First Congregational United Church of Christ, both in North Carolina.

Lynne and her husband, Bob Branard, presently live near Spokane, Washington where Lynne is an interim pastor at the Chewelah United Church of Christ.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In the fifth installment of Hinton's Hope Springs series (after Christmas Cake), the town of Hope Springs, N.C., is abuzz over a round of weddings among the series cast of friends. In this flowery confection, pastor Charlotte Stewart is living n New Mexico, but having trouble committing to her new beau; working as director of a shelter for battered women, she fears she may fall prey to the same pitfalls as her clients. Meanwhile, back in Hope Springs, nosy friend Beatrice Witherspoon is busying herself trying to reunite her married-but-separated friends Jessie and James Jenkins. Bea's plans fizzle when she discovers that her daughter is secretly engaged-and sending out invites. An unfortunately underserved plot line finds Louise Fisher, a lesbian, agreeing to marry the widower husband of the group's late member Margaret (who died in the last volume). Though at times brashly unsophisticated (old-fashioned recipes like clam dip and party mix fill space between chapters), Hinton's down-home charm carries the light, feel-good story with ease. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved