Calley Overton

Spring, Where Art Thou? Calley Overton

Sawyer Donovan lost her dad to brain cancer when she was four years old. Growing up in West Tennessee as the child of a single mom, whispers, gossip, and sympathetic looks became her new normal. Over the years, she learned how to compartmentalize, to say that everything was okay even when she was not okay since the honest answer usually isn't the socially acceptable answer in the South. Her senior year of high school and the rapid approach of college force her to reflect on how her dad's death has impacted her life and influenced who she became as she determines the person she wants to become. Over the passing of the seasons, she begins to see her friendships, her circumstances, her approach to relationships, herself, and even her faith through different eyes as she realizes that she is not alone after all. If you like strong female characters, mothers and daughters against the world, clique dynamics, coming-of-age stories, then...you might like this. If you want to see homeschooling, small groups, worship, Ole Miss, then... you might like this. And if you have experienced losing someone close to you, especially if they were a parent, then... this book was written for you.