April Garnet, named for a month like her absentee father, August, is left with her father's sister whom Garnet has never met. This is a new life in 1956 for Garnet with a telephone, television, and a nice home to live. Aunt June welcomes Garnet to the family but Aunt June has terminal cancer and takes Garnet with her to a new church each Sunday searching for a cure. At one of the churches, Garnet meets a minister's son, Silver, who becomes Garnet's first boyfriend. In a short month, Garnet learns what family and heartache mean. In my mental exhaustion, I've been reading some of Leah's books...here's another one that I liked. It's the late 50s and April Garnet Rose is left with her father's family, whom she does not know, in Appalachia while her mother looks for work in Florida. Her aunt is looking for God and takes April to a different church each Sunday (think revival tents and snake handlers). I liked the characters of April and her new family--I wished I was there with them, watching game shows on TV and eating Hershey bars and drinking RC Cola from the shop across the street (it sounds a lot better in the book than I just described it right there). The book is a little too happy and the ending too pat to really enjoy as an adult, but of course this is a kids' book. It does make me want to see if Ruth White writes for adults...
What do You think about A Month Of Sundays (2011)?
loved this book, so down to earth and easy to read, sad and funny
—Mia
well done! great characters; great insight to a time gone by.
—Ollie8
excellent but sad good to reccommend for a christian book
—CheeFF
