Tiger begins to cry after Jesse explains the situation. Jesse comforts her then kisses Tiger on the lips. Tiger later confesses to Granny about how Tiger feels about her mother. Granny consoles Tiger and offers advice and solace. Tiger's world is shaken when her grandmother suddenly passes away. Aunt Dorie Kay returns to Saitter to make arrangements for the funeral, since Tiger's parents cannot.
During her stay, Dorie Kay takes Tiger out to a movie and invites Tiger to stay with her permanently. Tiger has mixed emotions about leaving her parents, but she is excited about the prospect. She visits with Dorie Kay in Baton Rouge for a few days to see if she likes it.
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Set in the South in the late s, this tender coming-of-age novel explores a twelve-year-old girl's struggle to accept her grandmother's death, her mentally deficient parents, and the changing world around her.
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Now a series of murders has cast a pall over the town and one of Adele's handymen becomes a person of interest to the police. But Adele continues to show the young men kindness and care, in spite of her friends' concern. This time that kindness could kill her.
And The Lyon Legacy continues! It's fifty years since the Lyon family of New Orleans ventured into what was then an exciting new business—television. Despite objections from some in the family, Margaret Hollander Lyon believed it was the wave of the future…and the past fifty years have certainly proven her right! The Lyons created a legacy for their children and grandchildren—a legacy of business success and family loyalty. But the Lyon Legacy is also a history of feuding, betrayal, deceptions.
Every family has its secrets, and the Lyons have more than most. Three stories about the power of family bonds…and the life-changing power of love. God wants other people to learn from what happens to our family. It's my favorite color and it just makes me feel good. The sun was bright and the wind trailing in a light breeze. I pulled myself from a comfortable position on the chair and stood. Walking to the window, I could see the lake below gleaming in the sun as I considered my next words carefully Robert just asked me to take over a store in Baton Rouge.
The store there is hemorrhaging cash, and Robert wants me to turn it around. The kids are just now beginning to re-adjust. I know, but it's a great opportunity, and you know how bored and restless I can get. And so the journey begins
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