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If Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »


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Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen

by Susan Gregg Gilmore

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Publisher Comments:

Sometimes you have to return to the place where you began, to arrive at the place where you belong.

It’s the early 1970s. The town of Ringgold, Georgia, has a population of 1,923, one traffic light, one Dairy Queen, and one Catherine Grace Cline. The daughter of Ringgold’s third-generation Baptist preacher, Catherine Grace is quick-witted, more than a little stubborn, and dying to escape her small-town life.

Every Saturday afternoon, she sits at the Dairy Queen, eating Dilly Bars and plotting her getaway to Atlanta. And when, with the help of a family friend, the dream becomes a reality, she immediately packs her bags, leaving her family and the boy she loves to claim the life she’s always imagined. But before things have even begun to get off the ground in Atlanta, tragedy brings Catherine Grace back home. As a series of extraordinary events alter her perspective–and sweeping changes come to Ringgold itself–Catherine Grace begins to wonder if her place in the world may actually be, against all odds, right where she began.

Intelligent, charming, and utterly readable, Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen marks the debut of a talented new literary voice.

Review:

“If I had to make a comparison, I would compare Susan Gregg Gilmore to Fannie Flagg, but Gilmore more than holds her own. This is an unusually engaging novel by a very fine writer who knows exactly what she is doing.”

Lee Smith, author of The Last Girls

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“Susan Gregg Gilmore’s debut novel, Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen, is storytelling at its best, entertaining and lively and full of surprises. Catherine Grace Cline, the endearing witty heroine, gives her domestic journey titles of Biblical proportion as she finds more than salvation along the way.”

Jill McCorkle, author of Carolina Moon

About the Author

SUSAN GREGG GILMORE has written for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the Los Angeles Times, and the Christian Science Monitor. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and three daughters. This is her first novel.

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Cathy from Olympia, Washington, November 2, 2008 (view all comments by Cathy from Olympia, Washington)
Small-town preacher's daughter Catherine Grace Cline has one ambition in life-- leaving Ringgold, Georgia. She sets her sights on Atlanta, for though it is only a few hours away, Atlanta feels as though it is actually worlds away. In the meantime, weekly visits to the Dairy Queen [to partake of Eddie Franklins' perfectly made Dilly Bars] keeps her sane and her eyes on the ultimate prize-- freedom! A charming coming-of-age novel.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780307395016
Author:
Gilmore, Susan Gregg
Publisher:
Shaye Areheart Books
Subject:
General
Subject:
Young women
Subject:
City and town life
Subject:
Coming of age
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Publication Date:
February 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
296
Dimensions:
9.42x6.38x1.18 in. 1.17 lbs.

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