To hear Beatrice Agnew tell it, she entered the world with her mouth tightly shut. Just because she finds out she’s dying doesn’t mean she can’t keep it that way. If any of her children have questions about their daddy and the choices she made after he abandoned them, they’d best take it up with Jesus. There’s no room in Granny B’s house for regrets or hand-holding. Or so she thinks.
Her granddaughter, Evelyn Lester, shows up on Beatrice’s doorstep anyway, burdened with her own secret baggage. Determined to help her Granny B mend fences with her far-flung brood, Evelyn turns her grandmother’s heart and home inside out. Evelyn’s meddling uncovers a tucked-away box of old letters, forcing the two women to wrestle with their past and present pain as they confront the truth Beatrice has worked a lifetime to hide.
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Sexual Content - 2/5
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Violence - 0/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 2/5
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Summary
From: Carol Pennington
Book Title: A Long Time Comin’
Book Author: Robin W. Pearson
What do you like about this book:
Beatrice Agnew is a strong woman who raised her children the best way she knew how. She may not have shown them her love outwardly, but she did, nevertheless, love them. She harbors a lot of secrets and her granddaughter, Evelyn, stumbles upon some unexpectedly. Evelyn is also harboring secrets of her own. The story unfolds in a unique way to show resolution to both women and their families.
This story was a little hard for me to read because of the Ebonics used throughout. It is an interesting and clean read.
Your ratings of the level of sex, violence, language and drug/alcohol use on a scale of 1-5.
Sex:2
Violence:0
Language:0
Drug/Alcohol use:2