Sterling Road Blues
Carrie Tomlinson's life is short on rewards and long on challenges. Even she admits that she's probably not coping the best she can, but her still grieving heart over the death of her lover only leaves her so much energy for her special needs students and her own self-control. Audra Malone understands Carrie too well, but that doesn't stop her from hoping that her role as Best Friend will become something more.

Not much changes about life at Sterling Road High School until one of Audra's students, Elizabeth, decides to tell the school she wants to marry another student, Melissa. Suddenly, what ought to be a simple case of love is the center of attention in Charlottesville, then Virginia. Then everybody has an opinion about who gets to love whom.

While Audra struggles to protect her charges, Carrie likewise tries to climb above a seething flood of Biblical proportions, because it looks like they are all in the hot water together.

Ruth Perkinson weaves a romantic, tender story of real women and everyday America. From the author of Piper's Someday and Vera's Still Point.

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Sterling Road Blues
Carrie Tomlinson's life is short on rewards and long on challenges. Even she admits that she's probably not coping the best she can, but her still grieving heart over the death of her lover only leaves her so much energy for her special needs students and her own self-control. Audra Malone understands Carrie too well, but that doesn't stop her from hoping that her role as Best Friend will become something more.

Not much changes about life at Sterling Road High School until one of Audra's students, Elizabeth, decides to tell the school she wants to marry another student, Melissa. Suddenly, what ought to be a simple case of love is the center of attention in Charlottesville, then Virginia. Then everybody has an opinion about who gets to love whom.

While Audra struggles to protect her charges, Carrie likewise tries to climb above a seething flood of Biblical proportions, because it looks like they are all in the hot water together.

Ruth Perkinson weaves a romantic, tender story of real women and everyday America. From the author of Piper's Someday and Vera's Still Point.

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Sterling Road Blues

Sterling Road Blues

by Ruth Perkinson
Sterling Road Blues

Sterling Road Blues

by Ruth Perkinson

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Overview

Carrie Tomlinson's life is short on rewards and long on challenges. Even she admits that she's probably not coping the best she can, but her still grieving heart over the death of her lover only leaves her so much energy for her special needs students and her own self-control. Audra Malone understands Carrie too well, but that doesn't stop her from hoping that her role as Best Friend will become something more.

Not much changes about life at Sterling Road High School until one of Audra's students, Elizabeth, decides to tell the school she wants to marry another student, Melissa. Suddenly, what ought to be a simple case of love is the center of attention in Charlottesville, then Virginia. Then everybody has an opinion about who gets to love whom.

While Audra struggles to protect her charges, Carrie likewise tries to climb above a seething flood of Biblical proportions, because it looks like they are all in the hot water together.

Ruth Perkinson weaves a romantic, tender story of real women and everyday America. From the author of Piper's Someday and Vera's Still Point.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781594931871
Publisher: Bella Books
Publication date: 04/20/2010
Pages: 264
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ruth Perkinson lives in Richmond, Virginia with her dog, River. She is the author of Vera's Still Point, Piper's Someday, and Breaking Spirit Bridge. She is currently working on her fifth novel. You can read more about her at www.ruthperkinson.net.

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