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001 2013474671
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005 20151006080309.0
008 140308s2013 onc 000 1 eng d
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050 00 $aPS3573.E1985$bS94 2013
082 04 $a813/.6$223
100 1 $aHussey, Elaine,$d1942-
245 14 $aThe sweetest hallelujah /$cElaine Hussey.
264 1 $aDon Mills, Ontario, Canada :$bHarlequin Mira,$c[2013]
300 $a337 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes discussion questions and a conversation with the author.
520 $aBetty Jewel Hughes was once the hottest black jazz singer in Memphis. But when she finds herself pregnant and alone, she gives up her dream of being a star to raise her beautiful daughter, Billie, in Shakerag, Mississippi. Now, ten years later, in 1955, Betty Jewel is dying of cancer and looking for someone to care for Billie when she's gone. With no one she can count on, Betty Jewel does the unthinkable: she takes out a want ad seeking a loving mother for her daughter. Meanwhile, on the other side of town, recently widowed Cassie Malone is an outspoken housewife insulated by her wealth and privileged white society. Working part-time at a newspaper, she is drawn to Betty Jewel through her mysterious ad. With racial tension in the South brewing, the women forge a bond as deep as it is forbidden. But neither woman could have imagined the gifts they would find in each other, and in the sweet young girl they both love with all their hearts.
650 0 $aMothers and daughters$vFiction.
650 0 $aWidows$vFiction.
650 0 $aAdvertising, Classified$vFiction.
651 0 $aSouthern States$xRace relations$vFiction.
655 0 $aDomestic fiction.