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This inaugural title in Tales from Grace Chapel Inn sets the tone for a series that embraces family and friends, good neighbors and good will, and an enduring faith in God. The Howard sisters live their faith by example and bring a sense of community to Acorn Hill as they go about their days.... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Alice Howard: The middle daughter; 62 years old; she's a nurse; never married; on the church board;
- Louise: The oldest daughter; over 62 years old; teaches piano;
- Jane: the youngest daughter; 50 years old; recently divorced;
- Madeleine: deceased mother of Louise, Alice, and Jane;
- Daniel: Louise, Alice, and Jane's now deceased father;
- Aunt Ethel: Daniel's younger sister; the girls' aunt; probably in her mid 70's; lives in the carriage house next door; tactless; gossiper; on the church board;
- Lloyd Tynan: mayor of Acorn Hill; Aunt Ethel's most recent beau;
- Betty: stylist at a nearby hair salon
- Eliot: Louise's deceased husband
- Billy Thorpe: previous mayor
- Fred Humbert: Fred does most of the carpentry and maintenance for Acorn Hill. Owns Fred's Hardware store;
- Vera Humbert: Fred's wife; in her 50's; friend of Alice, though about 10 years younger;
- Hope Collins: works at the Coffee Shop
- Viola Reed: runs the local bookstore
- Martha Bevins: Add a description of this character.
- Craig Tracy: considered a "newcomer" because he hadn't been born and raised in Acorn Hill; owns a small florist business "Wild Things;"
- Clark
- Wendell: Daniel's cat
- Eliot
- Wilhelm Wood
- Patsy Ley: wife of the associate pastor, Henry;
- Henry Ley: associate pastor at Grace Chapel; stammers; married to Patsy;
- Carlene Moss: works at the newspaper
- Mr. Overstreet
- Florence Simpson: on the church board; married to Ronald
- Ronald Simpson: married to Florence
- Cynthia: Louise's daughter who lives in Boston; a busybody;
- Clara Horn: one of Grace Chapel's most notorious gossips; friend of Aunt Ethel;
- Tom Redding: married to April
- April Redding: married to Tom
Quotes edit
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“:Justin has what you'd call a passive-aggressive personality." Alice nodded. "Seems pretty easygoing, but it's just a cover-up." "A cover-up that they use to control you. They act like they don't care about a situation, then when you're not expecting it they pull the rug out from under you.”
conversation between Jane and Alice
Setting & Locations edit
- Acorn Hill: in Pennsylvania
- Grace Chapel
- Hill Street
- Chapel Road
- Philadelphia: where Louise currently lives;
- Grace Chapel Inn
- Good Apple Bakery
First Sentence edit
Thin rays of afternoon sunlight filtered through the leaves of the old maple tree that dominated the front yard of the Howard family home.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 47 in Tales From Grace Chapel Inn. (standard series)
Followed by Going to the Chapel.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Melody Carlson (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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