Heart of Hollyhill: The Scent of Lilacs (Paperback)

from debs4jc

Plot Summary: What happens, When & Where, Central Characters, Major Conflicts Jocie loves her life as a 13 year old in Hollyhill Kentucky. It's 1964 and her Dad is the best Dad ever--he lets her help out at the weekly newspaper that he manages, and it's even not too bad being a preacher's kid. Ex...

from caslater83

Wow. What a wonderful book. Set in the summer of 1964, Jocie is a spunky spirited girl of thirteen. I love her innocence. I feel sorry for her too. A mother and sister absent. An old batty woman who spouts Scripture like Old Faithful. A father struggling to make ends meet. She's stuck between chi...

from passionforbooks

Life in Hollyhill! I have read several books by author Ann H. Gabhart and have enjoyed them all. Scent of Lilacs is a book you will enjoy once you get into it. The beginning was a little slow for me. I fell in love with Hollyhill because it reminds me so much of the small town I grew up in. Every...

from wareagle78

Sweet Christian fiction about family in a small town.

from alekee

A wonderful inspirational story, actually people with compassion before their time, the year is 1964. The story deals with some tough subjects of pregnancy, adultery, and possible murder. This is the Jocie Brooks thirteenth summer, she is a delightful young girl. She has been praying for a dog, w...