"West Texas novelist Sandra Scofield's chronicles of the
extraordinary passions of ordinary people have been widely praised by
critics and readers nationwide. Never has the full range of her
talent and innate wisdom shone with such utterly unpretentious
brilliance as in Opal on Dry Ground." "Opal is a fifty-something
health care worker who has put on a few pounds over the years but
still has enough of the old magic to attract a new husband, Russell.
As devoted and rock solid as a man can be, Russell even owns a
four-bedroom house - into which, without much warning, move Opal's
two daughters, Clancy and Joy, who are fleeing wrecked marriages,
along with her adolescent granddaughter, Heather, a veritable
textbook case of obnoxious adolescent rebellion. All their lives,
Opal has bailed her daughters out, trying to make up for the failures
of men - fathers, boyfriends, and mates. Now she's trying to cope
with the devastating loss of her own mother, killed in a flood. In a
house shaken by a myriad of personal crises and with her own soul
torn in all directions, Opal must help her womenfolk and herself
prepare to leave the nest, as the waters of despair recede and safety
beckons from the dry land of self-worth. In Opal on Dry Ground,
Sandra Scofield shuttles us back and forth from laughter to tears.
This tale, set in Texas, is without doubt the finest works of a
delightfully original talent."--BOOK JACKET.
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