The Book of Carolsue, Paperback

CarolSue and her sister, Louisa, are best friends, but haven't had much in common since CarolSue married Charlie, moved to Atlanta, and swapped shoes covered with Indiana farm dust for pedicures and afternoon bridge. Louisa, meanwhile, loves her farm and animals as deeply as she'd loved Harold, her late husband of forty years.

Charlie's sudden death leaves CarolSue so adrift that she surrenders to Louisa's plan for her to move back home. But canning vegetables and feeding chickens are alien to CarolSue, and she resolves to return to Atlanta--until Louisa's son, Reverend Gary, arrives with an abandoned infant and a dubious story. He begs the women to look after the baby while he locates the mother--a young immigrant who fears deportation.

Keeping his own secrets, Gary enlists the aid of the sheriff, Gus, in the search. But CarolSue's bond with the baby is undeniable, and she forms an unconventional secret plan of her own. How many mistakes can be redeemed?

Praise for the novels of Lynne Hugo

"Sparkling prose, wry humor, and timely, relevant themes abound."
--Donna Everhart, USA Today bestselling author of The Moonshiner's Daughter

"A tender hymn of hope and rebirth that stays with you long after the last page."
--Kim Michele Richardson, author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

"I lost hours of sleep as I raced to finish this extraordinary novel."
--Randy Susan Meyers, bestselling author of Waisted

"Delivered with humor and heart."
--Terri-Lynne DeFino, author of The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses)

About author(s):Lynne Hugo is the author of ten novels. Most recently, The Testament of Harold's Wife, introduced the characters whose stories continue in The Book of CarolSue. She is a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship recipient who has also received grants from the Ohio Arts Council and the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Where the Trail Grows Faint won the Riverteeth Literary Nonfiction Book Prize. Born and educated in New England, Lynne and her husband now live in Ohio with Scout, a yellow Lab best known for playing skillful shortstop with a tennis ball and terrorizing squirrels in multiple states. You're warmly invited to visit LynneHugo.com.