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• Title : The Spirit of Sweetgrass
• Author : Nicole Seitz
• Rating : 4.81 (515 Vote)
• Publish : 2016-1-18
• Format : Paperback
• Pages : 304 Pages
• Asin : 1591455065
• Language : English

Nicole Seitz weaves enchanting tales of redemption filled with unforgettable characters and a refreshing Southern voice. She lives near Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband and two children. Twitter @nicoleseitz, facebook/pages/Nicole-Seitz/121816365611?ref=nf Once there

Nicole Seitz weaves enchanting tales of redemption filled with unforgettable characters and a refreshing Southern voice. She lives near Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband and two children. Twitter @nicoleseitz, facebook/pages/Nicole-Seitz/121816365611?ref=nf

Once there, she reunites with Gullahs and African ancestors; but soon, her heavenly peace is disrupted, for she still has work to do. When she's faced with losing her home and her stand and being put in a nursing home, Daddy Jim talks her into coming on up to Heaven to meet sweet Jesus-something she's always wanted to do. Essie Mae Laveau Jenkins is a 78-year-old sweetgrass basket weaver who sits on the side of Hwy. Inspired by her Auntie Leona, Essie Mae finally discovers her calling in life and weaves powerful "love baskets," praying fervently over them to affect the lives of those who visit her roadside stand. 17 in the company of her dead husband, Daddy Jim. Now Essie Mae, who once felt powerless and invisible, must find the strength within her to keep her South Carolina family from falling apart.

When Essie hopes she’ll die and go to heaven, the book shifts less successfully to the afterlife, where her Gullah-Creole ancestors surround her and she’s reunited with Daddy Jim. Relations are strained with her daughter Henrietta, who thinks Essie belongs in a retirement center. By the side of Highway 17 in Mt. Although uneven after a strong start, the first-person narrative in heavy dialect is engaging and readers will enjoy the bits of Gullah culture and history salted throughout. . If Essie can’t pay $10,000 in back taxes to save her home, she may have no choice. From Publishers Weekly In an enjoyable debut novel, Seitz offers an interesting first-person narrative about the life

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