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In the Land of Second Chances
Meet Wilma Porter, the plucky and kindhearted owner of the only bed and breakfast in Ebb, Nebraska. Wilma knows everybody in town and everybody is in a bit of trouble. No one more so than Calvin Millet, though. His wife has up and left him and their ailing daughter. His department store is close to bankruptcy. His house has been destroyed by a tornado. The folks of Ebb, including Wilma and her indomitable gang of friends, watch Calvin's fortunes wane with great dismay, for in Ebb, everyone's fate is connected to his.
When a handsome stranger named Vernon L. Moore comes to town selling games of chance, more than a few eyebrows are raised. A consummate salesman, he befriends the troubled townspeople one by one. He listens to their stories and asks them intriguing questions that make them see their situations differently. The father of a dying child, the reclusive widow who's taken permanent board at the B & B, the banker with ulterior motives, and the outspoken Wilma Porter are all changed by their encounters with this mysterious man who seems not of this world. After all, no one has seen a traveling salesman in Ebb for more than thirty years. But wherever he's from and whoever he is, he leaves behind a town where second chances are not only possible, they can—and do—happen.
When a handsome stranger named Vernon L. Moore comes to town selling games of chance, more than a few eyebrows are raised. A consummate salesman, he befriends the troubled townspeople one by one. He listens to their stories and asks them intriguing questions that make them see their situations differently. The father of a dying child, the reclusive widow who's taken permanent board at the B & B, the banker with ulterior motives, and the outspoken Wilma Porter are all changed by their encounters with this mysterious man who seems not of this world. After all, no one has seen a traveling salesman in Ebb for more than thirty years. But wherever he's from and whoever he is, he leaves behind a town where second chances are not only possible, they can—and do—happen.
305 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 15, 2004
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October 20, 2024
My Sister said I should read this off unique novel so we could discuss it together.
I can’t wait to share thoughts. As of this moment having just completed it, I feel like this novel has a Christian message. The character Vernon Moore comes to the little town of Ebb, Nebraska and stays with Wilma Porter at her “Come Again” B and B. He says he’s a salesman and dresses impeccably.
What Vernon sells is hope! And he has a theory and believes in the Paradox of the Benevolent God. He sells this logic, so to speak, in helping Calvin Millet deal with his daughter Lucy’s pending death from illness. Calvin owns the town’s little department store which financially is in a bind from her medical bills.
Vernon also sells his theory to Clem Tucker, the wealthiest man in town.
Characters are the folks of the small town and are developed very well by the author. You can visualize them and they seem real.
Don’t want to say much more because readers should draw their own conclusions. I feel like the town of Ebb had a visitor from heaven!
I can’t wait to share thoughts. As of this moment having just completed it, I feel like this novel has a Christian message. The character Vernon Moore comes to the little town of Ebb, Nebraska and stays with Wilma Porter at her “Come Again” B and B. He says he’s a salesman and dresses impeccably.
What Vernon sells is hope! And he has a theory and believes in the Paradox of the Benevolent God. He sells this logic, so to speak, in helping Calvin Millet deal with his daughter Lucy’s pending death from illness. Calvin owns the town’s little department store which financially is in a bind from her medical bills.
Vernon also sells his theory to Clem Tucker, the wealthiest man in town.
Characters are the folks of the small town and are developed very well by the author. You can visualize them and they seem real.
Don’t want to say much more because readers should draw their own conclusions. I feel like the town of Ebb had a visitor from heaven!
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