Velva Jean Velva Jean Learns to Drive: Book 1 in the Velva Jean series, (Paperback)

from the_awesome_opossum

"What was it like, the world out there?" "It's just like it is here, Velva Jean. For the most part, the people are the same. Everyone wants something to believe in. Everyone wants someone to love." Velva Jean Learns to Drive depicts such a struggle that the protagonist has, the decision she feels...

from audryh

Traces Velva Jean from age 10 to 21 as she matures in remote appalachia. Her passion for singing and writing songs has her dreaming of the Gran' Ol' Opry in Nashville, but after marrying the "moonshine boy" turned preacher, she feels she should settle down. Mother's death and Father's disappearan...

from lahochstetler

In the mountains of western North Carolina, in the 1930s, Velva Jean Hartlives with her extended family in a community rich in folk tradition and seemingly isolated from the outside world. Velva Jean Dreams of one day going to Nashville to sing at the Grand Ole Opry. But Velva Jean's community is...

from the_awesome_opossum

"What was it like, the world out there?" "It's just like it is here, Velva Jean. For the most part, the people are the same. Everyone wants something to believe in. Everyone wants someone to love." Velva Jean Learns to Drive depicts such a struggle that the protagonist has, the decision she feels...

from ANovelMenagerie

The Story In 1933, Velva Jean was a 10 year old girl searching for entry into heaven by being saved in her belief in Jesus Christ. After she is baptized, her life as she knows it begins to crumble around her. Her father leaves the family home and very shortly thereafter her mother dies. She and h...