Bibliograph

Then sings my soul, a novel, Philip D. Smith

Type

Label

Then sings my soul, a novel, Philip D. Smith

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Then sings my soul

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Philip D. Smith

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Then Sings My Soul is a gritty, humorous, and ultimately loving story of a family shaken to the core by the death of their father. Cora and her children continue to struggle seven years after their father was killed during the D-Day invasion. Cora works two jobs in the oil town of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Shes a waitress at the refinery diner and on her off days is employed as a domestic. Her eldest, Josh, works for the railroad by day and dreams of a baseball career at night. Her second son, Bobby, has just graduated high school and taken a job at a filling station. Sarah, only fourteen, goes to school, takes care of the home and looks after her six-year-old sister, Jonda. As her children spiral out of control, Cora undergoes a dreadful experience that could wreck the only thing she has lefther faith. And so begins one of the most captivating and enthralling stories you will ever read

Target audience

adult

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