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- Deliver Us from Evil
- Double Cross
- The Duchess and the Dragon
- Elvis Takes a Back Seat
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- Lookin' Back, Texas
- Love's First Light
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Lookin' Back, Texas
List Canadian RetailersBetty Lynne Davidson is planning her husband’s funeral while overlooking one thing: he’s not dead.
When Suzanne Mullins, forty-two, gets the call from her father to come back home to Texas because her mother has gone off the deep end, she knows it will mean having to look at the faulty foundations of their marriage as well as her own. Betty Lynne has always upheld a perfect facade of home and family, and Suzanne has followed suit. But her life with husband Mike and son Oliver is cracking under the pressure of its own unspoken history.
Looking her past in the eye once and for all, Suzanne hopes that trusting in God’s love and mercy will set all of this craziness straight—even if it does mean having to watch her father give the eulogy at his own funeral.
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Product Details
| ISBN: 9780805446975 |
Trim Size: 8.40 x 5.50 x 0.96 in |
| Page Count: 384 | |
| Binding: Trade Paper | |
| Status: Active | Publication Date: September 2008 |
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Reviews:
ACFW reviews Lookin’ Back, Texas
Lookin’ Back, Texas is a creative recipe whose ingredients are frantic fun and human imperfection, peppered with hope and forgiveness for flavor . . . Leanna Ellis has created personable characters, sometimes complicated, sometimes simple, but uniquely brave as they face the trials the author stirs together for them. The story is imaginative and warm. [...]
Lookin’ Back, Texas “zings with humor, cuts with truth”
Christy’s Book Blog calls Lookin’ Back, Texas by Leanna Ellis, “A startling look at the damage a lie can do to a marriage and a life . . . Ellis has a real ear for dialogue making it zing with humor and cut with truth.
Endorsements:
"What a hoot! Leanna Ellis has a gift for storytelling and for quirky, fun, eccentric characters entirely true to the human experience."
Arlene James
Author of His Small-Town Girl
"An entertaining tale, full of rich characters and a deep lesson about healing the past. Leanna Ellis is on my reading list from here on out."
Rachel Hauck
Author of Sweet Caroline and Diva NashVegas
"A wacky, off-the-wall read that’s spiritually right on target!"
Cathy Marie Hake
Author of Forevermore and Fancy Pants
"In a smooth pairing of wit and grit, Leanna Ellis weaves a tale of flawed relationships and crippling regrets with wonderfully timed comedic threads. A fresh, clever look at the audacity of love that forgives."
Susan Meissner
Author of Blue Heart Blessed
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