Dimensions
140 x 216 x 25mm
Five churchgoing women from Hope Springs, North Carolina, animate this humorous, poignant tale of coming to terms with one's weaknesses, honouring the fragility of life, loving passionately, laughing through the tears, and thinking with the heart.
The cast of colourful characters includes: freshman pastor Charlotte Stewart, who experiences a crisis of faith; no-nonsense Margaret Peele, a widow and town confidante; sharp-tongued Louis Fisher, who has loved another woman, Roxie, for over forty years and finally gets to show it by caring for her in the last stages of Alzheimer's; Jessie Jenkins, the only African American in an all-white church; and busybody Beatrice Newgarden, who turns out to be the most solid friend to them all.
As these five very different women come together to create a church cookbook, they quickly become a source of solace, support and strength for each other. Each struggling to make sense of her life - her past, her relationships, her faith - the women share much more than recipes; they share their passions, loves, heartbreaks and hopes. Celebrating together and mourning together, they develop a deeper understanding of and compassion for each other and a genuine appreciation for the softness of heart and toughness of spirit that joins them as women.
