Pie Town (25 page)

Authors: Lynne Hinton

The gift of a story is always a blessing. I count those blessings with great awe and respect, believing that God is good and is the source of all the good stories in my life. Sally McMillan remains a presence of light and encouragement. How fabulous for me that my agent is also my treasured friend. The Louisville Institute awarded me a Pastoral Study Grant, which has enabled me to find the time to do research and the writing. Thank you for this gift of time and money. Carolyn Marino and Wendy Lee of HarperCollins said yes. Thank you, Wendy, for your keen eye and good heart. And thank you, Carolyn, for reading my stories.

In the year of finishing this book, I was so blessed to serve Chewelah United Church of Christ as their interim pastor. It was such a lovely place for me to land, and I will always remember my stay in the Pacific Northwest as a time of being hemmed in by mountains of kindness and friendship.

I am always grateful for the friends and family in my life. I hope that I have made sure that you know who you are and how rich my life is because you are in it. Finally, how does a person acknowledge the love of their life? Bob Branard remains the steady and sure heartbeat of my every day. There is nothing he doesn’t do to make sure I’m happy and whole and able to write. Surely, there is no greater gift in life than the love of a good partner.

About the Author

Lynne Hinton
is the award-winning author of thirteen books including the Hope Springs series, featuring the national bestseller,
Friendship Cake
. She has also written a mystery series under the name Jackie Lynn. Lynne received degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, Lynne is available for speaking engagements and offers writing and spirituality retreats in New Mexico. You can contact her at www.lynnehinton.com. You can also find her on Facebook at Lynne Hinton Books. Lynne lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with her husband, Bob Branard.

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Also by Lynne Hinton

Fiction

Friendship Cake

Hope Springs

Forever Friends

Christmas Cake

Wedding Cake

The Things I Know Best

The Last Odd Day

The Arms of God

Nonfiction

Meditations for Walking

Writing Under the Name Jackie Lynn

Down by the Riverside

Jacob’s Ladder

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Credits

Cover design by Mumtaz Mustafa

Cover photograph by Vast Photography/Getty Images

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

PIE TOWN.
Copyright © 2011 by J. Lynne Hinton. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

FIRST EDITION

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

   Hinton, J. Lynne.
      Pie Town / Lynne Hinton. — 1
^sted.
         p. cm.
      ISBN 978-0-06-204508-9
      1. City and town life—New Mexico—Fiction. 2. Life change events—Fiction.
      I. Title.

PS3558.I457P54 2011

813'.54—dc22
2010041890

EPub Edition © June 2011 ISBN: 9780062045102

11 12 13 14 15
OV/RRD
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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