Full name: Things Left Unspoken: A Novel

Author: Eva Marie Everson Year: 2009 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Christian fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780800732738 0800732731

Jo-Lynn Hunter is at a crossroads in life when her great-aunt Stella insists that she return home to restore the old family house in sleepy Cottonwood, Georgia. Seeing the project as the perfect excuse for some therapeutic time away from her self-absorbed husband and his snobby Atlanta friends, Jo-Lynn longs to get her teeth into a noteworthy and satisfying project. But things are not what they seem, both in the house and within the complex history of her family. Was her great-grandfather the pillar of the community she thought he was? What is Aunt Stella hiding? And will Jo-Lynn's marriage survive the renovation? Jo-Lynn isn't sure she wants to know the truth--but sometimes the truth has a way of making itself known. The past comes alive in this well-written and thoughtful novel full of secrets, drama, and family with a hint of Southern drawl. Similar books: Dogwood by Chris Fabry Summer by Karen Kingsbury Sunrise by Karen Kingsbury Nick of Time by Tim Downs Take Three by Karen Kingsbury Take Four by Karen Kingsbury The Church Ladies by Lisa Samson Tomorrow's Dream by Janette Oke Some Wildflower in My Heart by Jamie Langston Turner Water's Edge by Robert Whitlow Hidden History by Melody Carlson God's Gift by Dee Henderson Blood Sisters by Melody Carlson A Promise to Remember by Kathryn Cushman The Beach House by Sally John Long Way Gone by Charles Martin Unbreak My Heart by Rhonda McKnight Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin No One Ever Asked by Katie Ganshert The Reason by William Sirls