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Store Events - November 14, 7:00 p.m.
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Time: Saturday, November 14, 2009 7:00 p.m.
Location: Malaprop's
Title of Event: Jennifer Niven
Join us in welcoming author Jennifer Niven, who will present her first work of fiction, Velva Jean Learns to Drive. Set in Appalachia before World War II, it tells the story Velva Jean Hart, a spirited girl whose tumultuous romance with delinquent-turned-preacher Harley Bright forces her to choose between her new life and her dreams. Niven’s first work, The Ice Master, was an Entertainment Weekly top ten nonfiction book of the year and was featured in documentaries on the History Channel and Discovery Channel.
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Velva Jean Learns to Drive
by
Niven, Jennifer
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$15.00
Published: Plume Books, 2009
Inventory Status: On Our Shelves Now
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In this spellbinding debut, Velva Jean Hart finds true love-and then risks everything to follow her dreams
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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