Noisy Creek

 
by Pamela Foster
cover: Noisy Creek
Part of the Noisy Creek series:
  • Noisy Creek
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Busy running an upscale spa and beauty salon, Alyson Ruth Barr is floating into old age supported by her big, quirky, southern family. Three times widowed, at 55, she’s looking forward to a quiet life in the shady pool of small town Noisy Creek. With dozens of nieces and nephews—and aging parents who are beginning to slow—being matriarch of the Barr family fills her days just fine. If her nights are sometimes lonely, well, she has the memory of three good men with which to console herself.

Until Colin Jenkins—a contractor twenty years her junior—steps into her life. A birthday prank perpetuated by her sisters? Or a young man looking for financial gain? With the help of family and friends, Ruth is forced to reexamine her life, to look the changes of her own aging body squarely in the eye, and decide whether to float in the shallows or swim for the wild current. (302 pages)

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Publisher: Radiance
Genres:
Mainstream

About the Author

Pamela Foster

Pamela Foster lives in her hometown of Eureka, California in the coastal fog and rain of the west coast. A popular speaker and award winning author of contemporary fiction, historical fiction, memoirs and a collection of essays, Foster is currently working on a book of essays about caring for her husband as, together, they deal with the long-term, human costs of war.

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