This is her most interesting book so far! In parallel chapters you get young Jenny’s perspective of her life on the road with her father, while her father’s latest girlfriend, Emma, gives the other angle to the story. Slowly but surely, Jenny discovers that her father has committed violent crimes and seeks shelter in Emma, before it might be too late.

The summer that her father falls in love with Emma, Jenny Bohner is just turning eleven. Jenny was three when her mother died, and since then Brannon Bohner has traveled with his daughter from one seasonal job to another, picking up girlfriends along the way. Cara, Ami, Trish—all were sweet and kind, but none ever stayed for long. Somehow Emma is different, traveling with them from Idaho to Kentucky, filling Jenny with hopes of a real family at last. Emma’s warmth and optimism are contagious, defusing Brannon’s flashes of temper and making their first weeks together everything Jenny has dreamed of. Yet something still troubles her, surfacing through years of memories—tempting her from within boxes Jenny has been told never to touch, filled with hidden mementoes from long ago. And somewhere among them Jenny will find answers that compel her to choose—between the home she longs for, the love she craves, and the hard truth she can no longer ignore…

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Sherri Wood Emmons is the author of three novels, Prayers and Lies, The Sometimes Daughter, and The Weight of Small Things. An award-winning journalist and magazine editor, she is a graduate of Earlham College and the University of Denver Publishing Institute. A mother of three, she lives in Indiana with her husband, two fat beagles, and four spoiled cats.

Her website is: www.sherriwoodemmons.com

Praise for Prayers and Lies:

“A strong debut…Emmons has a rich voice that pairs well with the earthy setting…and the characters are wonderfully drawn.”
—Publishers Weekly

“A rich story of the triumph of love and decency.”
—Sandra Dallas, author of Prayers for Sale

“Surely Sherri Wood Emmons is the freshest new voice I’ve read in a long while. Read Prayers and Lies, and hold on tight! You are in for an unforgettable literary ride!”
—Ann Hood, author of The Red Thread

“Prepare to stay up all night reading! Sherri Wood Emmons perfectly captures the devastating impact of family secrets in her beautifully written—and ultimately hopeful—debut novel. With its evocative setting and realistically crafted characters, Prayers and Lies is a must-read for fans of rich family drama.”
—Diane Chamberlain, author of Secret Lives and Eih Liam! Umwork!

“...the voice was so genuine, so sincere, I felt like Bethany was standing right before me, barefoot, earnestly telling me her story /…/ I was on the edge of my seat, listening, every scene coming in to full, bright, Technicolor detail as one prayer was heard, one lie was shattered, one family’s raw, haunting life laid bare.”
—Cathy Lamb, author of Such A Pretty Face

“Prayer and Lies is a touching examination of all the different kinds of love: between friends, between sisters, and above all, for one’s family.”
—T. Greenswood, author of The Hungry Season

“Prayers and Lies is a sweet, revealing tale of family, friendship, long-held secrets and includes the all-important ingredients of forgiveness and love.”
—Kris Radish, author of The Shortest Distance Between Two Women

Praise for The Sometimes Daughter:

“Emmons has a keen grasp of the difficulties of mother-daughter dynamics, and the specific struggles of young parents who are still figuring themselves out. She also paints the shifting turmoil of mid-’60s to early-’80s America with complexity, creating a vivid, expansive background for an intimate story.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Teens who appreciated Lauren Myracle’s Bliss or autobiographies by Augusten Burroughs and Jeannette Walls of dysfunctional family survivors should also enjoy this novel.”
—School Library Journal

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