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Delta Pearls is a compilation of “friend
pictures, people pictures, fluttering about on the coldest days when
weather has just kicked up a cloudburst of snow.”
In a world where technological innovation and mass media are
homogenizing American English, Judith Bader Jones preserves the beauty
of the vernacular language distinctive to the Missouri Delta that
“mosquito infested backdrop of civilization” - and captures the heart of
people in the process of loving and losing, being and becoming.
The people of Delta Pearls are as real as members
of your own family, as thoroughly fascinating as only
real people can be. The author. . . gently reminds us
that even the worst of us has redeeming qualities, even
the best of us carries sins we'd prefer buried. Judith
Bader Jones is a master storyteller and this is an
eloquent collection of her work."
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Jacqueline Guidry
author of The Year the Colored Sisters Came to Town
"Delta Pearls is a quiet jewel, rich with a
lyrical magic . . . these stories sink into you, rich,
sweet, and true. They beguile your spirit and fill your
heart."
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Deborah Shouse
author, editor, and motivational speaker
"These characters meet life head on and cope in ways
that resonate with the most fundamental fears and
strengths in all of us."
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Sally Whitney
author and editor of Best's Review
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