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Velva Jean Learns to Drive (Platinum Readers Circle Series)

by Jennifer Niven

Published: 2009-10-01
Hardcover : 528 pages

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Set in Appalachia in the years before World War II, Velva Jean Learns to Drive is a poignant story of a spirited young girl growing up in the gold- mining and moonshining South. Before she dies, Velva Jean's mother urges her to "live out there in the great wide world." Velva Jean dreams ...

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(Set in Appalachia in the years before World War II, Velva Jean Learns to Drive is a poignant story of a spirited young girl growing up in the gold- mining and moonshining South. Before she dies, Velva Jean's mother urges her to "live out there in the great wide world." Velva Jean dreams of becoming a big-time singer in Nashville until she falls in love with Harley Bright, a handsome juvenile delinquent turned revival preacher. As their tumultuous love story unfolds, Velva Jean must choose between keeping her hard-won home and pursuing her dream of singing in the Grand Ole Opry.

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My one question I have - I don't think I caught on to who was putting the money in her apron pocket - does anyone know who it was?

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It was a little slow at the beginning for me - but then I got hooked - the best part was there were a lot of true facts in the book. And in my opinion a little treat at the end of how the writer was inspired... (read more)

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