Celebrate!

Fiction & Literature, Religious, Historical
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Author: Alma Kennedy Bowen ISBN: 9781532020186
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: April 27, 2017
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Alma Kennedy Bowen
ISBN: 9781532020186
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: April 27, 2017
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

A major happening in Northeast Georgia in the early 1900s completely changed the future of the mountains. Bennie, a teenage mother, bravely decides to give up her familiar mountain home and move to the strange new town of Helen. She learns how the giant sawmill is operated and faces religious bigotry concerning her woods child. Bennie is beginning to like what Helen offers when her cousin is brutally murdered. She is adjusting to this last major change in her life when she learns that her childhood friend is in jail. Bennies daughter, Katherine, moves to Atlanta during the Great Depression. She searches for a way she can restore the mountains and lessen her mothers sadness, but a single woman cant do anything. Franklin Delano Roosevelt offers hope for the mountains, but its a wild idea. Celebrate shares the tale of single mothers search to find happiness for her special daughter within the confines of a sawmill town in Georgia at the beginning of the twentieth century. Alma Bowens intimate knowledge of the history of Georgias mountains and the ways of its people are reflected in Celebrate! Her book expertly weaves the rich history of the town of Helen throughout her storyline, relating the peoples strengths and frailties. Its a well-written must-read for anybody interested in a good story based on real history. Johnny Vardeman, long-time writer of Northeast Georgia history and retired executive editor of The Times of Gainesville.

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A major happening in Northeast Georgia in the early 1900s completely changed the future of the mountains. Bennie, a teenage mother, bravely decides to give up her familiar mountain home and move to the strange new town of Helen. She learns how the giant sawmill is operated and faces religious bigotry concerning her woods child. Bennie is beginning to like what Helen offers when her cousin is brutally murdered. She is adjusting to this last major change in her life when she learns that her childhood friend is in jail. Bennies daughter, Katherine, moves to Atlanta during the Great Depression. She searches for a way she can restore the mountains and lessen her mothers sadness, but a single woman cant do anything. Franklin Delano Roosevelt offers hope for the mountains, but its a wild idea. Celebrate shares the tale of single mothers search to find happiness for her special daughter within the confines of a sawmill town in Georgia at the beginning of the twentieth century. Alma Bowens intimate knowledge of the history of Georgias mountains and the ways of its people are reflected in Celebrate! Her book expertly weaves the rich history of the town of Helen throughout her storyline, relating the peoples strengths and frailties. Its a well-written must-read for anybody interested in a good story based on real history. Johnny Vardeman, long-time writer of Northeast Georgia history and retired executive editor of The Times of Gainesville.

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