Bring on the Blessings Paperback - 2009
by Jenkins, Beverly
- Used
The all-black town of Henry Adams, Kansas, is in dire financial straits. To save the town, the mayor puts it up for sale--on the Internet! But they know nothing about the new owner. Will this be the death of Henry Adams--or its rebirth?
Description
Details
- Title Bring on the Blessings
- Author Jenkins, Beverly
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Original
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, New York
- Date 2009-01-27
- Bookseller's Inventory # 231547-6
- ISBN 9780061688409 / 0061688401
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.2 in (20.07 x 13.46 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects City and town life, Kansas
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008036954
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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From the rear cover
On Bernadine Brown's fifty-second birthday she received an unexpected gift--she caught her husband, Leo, cheating with his secretary. She was hurt--angry, too--but she didn't cry woe is me. Nope, she hired herself a top-notch lawyer and ended up with a cool $275 million. Having been raised in the church, she knew that when much is given much is expected, so she asked God to send her a purpose.
The purpose turned out to be a town: Henry Adams, Kansas, one of the last surviving townships founded by freed slaves after the Civil War. The failing town had put itself up for sale on the Internet, so Bernadine bought it.
Trent July is the mayor, and watching the town of his birth slide into debt and foreclosure is about the hardest thing he's ever done. When the buyer comes to town, he's impressed by her vision, strength, and the hope she wants to offer not only to the town and its few remaining residents, but to a handful of kids in desperate need of a second chance.
Not everyone in town wants to get on board though; they don't want change. But Bernadine and Trent, along with his first love, Lily Fontaine, are determined to preserve the town's legacy while ushering in a new era with ties to its unique past and its promising future.
Media reviews
Citations
- Essence, 02/01/2009, Page 70
- Library Journal, 11/01/2008, Page 80
- Romantic Times, 02/01/2009, Page 82
