What Does Love Sound Like?

by Padgett Gerler

Overview

Hold hands, Run. Squeal. Wait your turn. Three-year-old twins Abby and Izzy Collier-Colletti know what's important. Keep it simple. Keep it happy. Keep it loving. Sadly, the girls will never be able to teach their grandfather, Charlie, their simple, happy, loving lessons. When his father, Charlie, rejects him, Knox leaves his home on Tybee Island, Georgia, for a new life in New York City. Knox's mother, Jinx, is torn between her husband and her only child, but as a dutiful wife, she supports Charlie, yet seethes with resentment over her husband's narrowmindedness. But when Charlie dies unexpectedly without reconciling with their son, Jinx, along with the family maid, Polly Ann, heads for New York City, leaving behind all her friends and family and the only home she has ever known. Hoping to reunite with her son, Jinx finds Knox waiting for her with love and forgiveness. And with the help of Knox's new family and a host of New York friends, Jinx learns that she hasn't lost her family, after all. 'Cause as wise Polly Ann Bondurant once said, "Family isn't what you're given; family is what you make."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780692927229
Publisher:	Padgett Gerler
Publication date:	09/01/2017
Pages:	290
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Padgett Gerler was born on the coast of South Carolina but grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. In the 1980's she relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina to attend North Carolina State University. Upon graduating with a BA in accounting, she passed the CPA exam and began her career as a certified public accountant, first in public accounting and then as a CFO in corporate accounting. In 2010 she left accounting to pursue a career in writing. Prior to WHAT DOES LOVE SOUND LIKE?, Padgett published her novels, GETTING THE IMPORTANT THINGS RIGHT, LESSONS I LEARNED FROM NICK NACK, and THE GIFTS OF PELICAN ISLE. LESSONS I LEARNED FROM NICK NACK was awarded the indieBRAG Medallion, as well as honorable mention in the 2014 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards competition. She also authored the short story "I Know This Happened 'Cause Somebody Seen It," which was published in the anthology SELF-RISING FLOWERS. She is the first-place recipient of the Southwest Manuscripters Short Story Award for her short story "The Art of Dying." Padgett and her husband, Ed, reside on pastoral and inspirational Winchester Lake in Raleigh, North Carolina.