Bill Fortenberry

Gebundenes Buch

Lint Head

Beschreibung

Sheltered and never married, Brenda Lee Branch's life is mundane and predictable, living with her father and never-married brother in a rural textile mill town, until a phone call from the past opens the door to new possibilities. The result is a decision to hitchhike to the 1982 World's Fair where she plans to meet the first and only boy she ever kissed, until she finds herself in the back of a police car. Along the way, the reader gets a glimpse of Brenda's faith, her innocence and her optimism, despite living a life with seemingly few options. She's left wondering if it's wrong for her to want to be loved, and whether her hope for something more ended on the road to Knoxville. A small group of protectors support Brenda and help her navigate life as a denim mill worker who never learned to drive. These characters live their lives against the backdrop of a classic Southern mill town where the citizens work hard during the week, go to football games on Friday nights, buy groceries on Saturdays and go to church on Sundays. Lint Head is a work of Southern fiction, based on a true story. In an era of New South narratives, Lint Head celebrates the traditional values that have defined Southern life for decades and recalls a way of life that may no longer exist. This novel is intended for fiction lovers, literature enthusiasts who enjoy authentic stories and regional story seekers who find wisdom and identity in the misunderstood, disadvantaged and genuinely innocent.

Autor

Bill Fortenberry is a professional writer with nearly 40 years' experience. A former journalist and current public relations professional, he spent the first half of his career as a reporter, editor and columnist for a daily newspaper. Since 2001, he has worked in the Public Relations department of a health system.Outside of work, he has written for Good News Magazine and posts occasionally to his blog (kudzudad.blogspot.com), a collection of musings about faith, family and ancestry with almost 70,000 views.Bill discovered the story that has become Lint Head in a hair salon much like Lords and Ladies. He paid his way through college cutting and styling hair there 40 years ago. That's where he met his wife of 28 years, Lisa. They are the parents of two adult children, Ethan, a musician and songwriter, and Autumn, an elementary school teacher.Bill has written a second, Christmas-themed novel.Blog: [e-mail]: facebook.com/bill.fortenberry.18Instagram: instagram.com/kudzudad/Professional Writing: www.floyd.org search: Connect to Purpose

Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Matthew
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 511g
• ISBN-13: 9798218414443
• Artikelnr.: 71245686