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  • Written by: Bret Lott
  • Narrated by: Celia Weston
  • Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Jewel

Written by: Bret Lott
Narrated by: Celia Weston
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Publisher's Summary

In the backwoods of Mississippi, a land of honeysuckle and grapevine, Jewel and her husband, Leston, are truly blessed; they have five fine children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome.

Jewel is the story of how quickly a life can change; how, like lightning, an unforeseen event can set us on a course without reason or compass. In this story of a woman's devotion to the child who is both her burden and God's singular way of smiling on her, Bret Lott has created a mother-daughter relationship of matchless intensity and beauty, and one of the finest, most indomitable heroines in contemporary American fiction.

©1999 Bret Lott (P)2011 Simon & Schuster Audio

What the critics say

"Sweeping and beautifully written.... a parable for our age." ( The New York Times Book Review)
"Bret Lott's Jewel is a beautifully crafted first-person epic of one poor southern woman's personal duel with God.... This is a voice we don't want to stop hearing.... Some of the tenderest scenes of family love since those in Dickens...." ( The Chicago Tribune)
"Lott is one of the most important and imaginative writers in America today. His eye for detail is unparalleled; his vision - where he looks - is like no one else's in this country." ( The Los Angeles Times)

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