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    Hold Up the Sky
    Hold Up the Sky
    Hold Up the Sky
    Audiobook14 hours

    Hold Up the Sky

    Written by Patricia Sprinkle

    Narrated by Kate Forbes

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    About this audiobook

    Talented author Patricia Sprinkle pens this heartfelt tale about four women struggling to hold on to their hope. Billie never minded taking care of her disabled daughter alone, but now her ex-husband's checks have stopped coming. Her sister Margaret's marriage is disintegrating. Mimi's retirement is being put on hold. And Emerita is a stranger in a new land. Tough times are surely before them, but they won't have to face the difficulties alone.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 4, 2011
    ISBN9781449838171
    Hold Up the Sky
    Author

    Patricia Sprinkle

    Patricia H. Sprinkle is a freelance writer whose nonfiction books include the companion to this volume, Children Who Do Too Little. She is also a best-selling mystery writer and an active member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. She is a frequent speaker at seminars and women’s conferences and lives in Miami with her husband. They have two grown children.

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    • 5/5
      Four women find themselves in a sweltering Georgia farm kitchen canning fruit and vegetables. Each has come to a crossroads; each is facing a personal crisis. They have almost nothing in common -- except they're together and they're women. Although Hold up the Sky started out a bit slowly, soon I found myself reading it compulsively. Patricia Sprinkle is a marvelous writer, one who knows how to tell a great story, create believable and likable characters -- and readers will know from page one that all these women's problems will be resolved in the end. Patricia Sprinkle is best known for her mysteries -- and she's been a favorite author of mine for a long time. I don't think she could help herself adding a bit of a mystery to the mix. But Hold up the Sky is not a mystery -- it's a great example of cozy fiction.03/08/2010