- The Gristmill Series - Book 3
av Sussie Jordan
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Found, A Long Journey Home, is the continuing saga of the story of the power of friendship. A newcomer arrives in Gristmill, Texas but she is not new to Gristmill - she brings a challenge to the status quo and she's searching for a past and a family she never knew. Kelly and Jessie and some more of their sassy, senior friends are back trying to solve the latest problem in Gristmill. The church transferred Reverend Brown, their beloved pastor, to another town, and they are replacing him with a new pastor, A WOMAN PASTOR! Some people in the town are just not ready for this change. But Rose, the new pastor, is not a stranger to Gristmill. She grew up at the orphanage and there are secrets in her past! After being abandoned by her family at a young age, Rose has always struggled with feeling unworthy of love and a lack of confidence. She held her feelings close while growing up and did whatever it took to survive. Despite her efforts to forgive her family for the years of loneliness, she can't escape wondering if they ever thought about her, or if they had just forgotten she existed. She dreams of being a minister, but the church's hierarchy has hindered her progress, causing her to work for years as a chaplain in a nursing home. Married to the love of her life is not enough. She desperately wants to find her family. And she believes moving back to her hometown may be the answer. Kelly, Jessie, and their friends are attempting to assist Rose in finding her family through DNA. But the closer they gets to finding her family, someone else is just as determined to prevent it. Why? Are the threats on her life arising from people who don't want her as a woman pastor, or from the secrets of her family's past? You won't put this down until you read the last page! This is real life, regular life - story and tale over and over of strong women, a tribe of women, bravely facing tough situations, supporting each other all the while having a great time. From the notorious Hell's Half Acre in Fort Worth's history to San Antonio and West Texas Oil Booms, it is filled with excitement and action to the very end!