The Sweet by and by by Todd Johnson

The Sweet by and by by Todd Johnson

Meet five North Carolina women who are about to change the way you think about friendship. For Rhonda, a gritty, fun-loving hairdresser in tight jeans, the sights and smells of Ridgecrest Nursing Center are depressing. But before she can change her mind about working there, two residents glue themselves to her: Margaret, droll and whip-smart, with a will of iron that never fails her even when her body does, and Bernice, an avid country music fan who is rarely lucid. Together with Lorraine, their church-going, God-questioning nurse, and her daughter, April, bright and ambitious, they lock arms in courage and humor for a journey that speaks to us all of how we live and die, of how we love and forgive. He made me laugh and cry.Johnson s five women are as convincing as Reynolds Price s Kate Vaiden and Allan Gurganus s Lucy Marsden.Pure Southern music. Raleigh News & Observer Packed with so much poignancy readers might want to keep tissues handy.This is a novel not to be missed. Las Vegas Review-Journal Heartfelt and stunning . . . a genuine page-turner. Adriana Trigiani

Todd Johnson grew up in the state of North Carolina. He received a Tony Award nomination as a producer of The Color Purple on Broadway after a career as a teacher and studio singer in New York City. He earned a master's degree in divinity from Yale Divinity School after studying history at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a Connecticut resident. It's his debut novel, and it's a good one. Please contact Todd@ToddJohnsonBooks.com if The Sweet By and By inspires you to share a personal tale.

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ISBN 13	9780061579516
ISBN 10	0061579513
Title	The Sweet by and by
Author	Todd Johnson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2010-04-01
Number of pages	336
Prizes	Winner of Connecticut Book Awards (Fiction) 2010
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