When the Purple Martins Come KW

AN INTRIGUING NOVEL BY ROSEMARIE FOGARTY

All through college, Rose Turner fought racism with her sharp wit and her even sharper mouth. It took God trapping her on the mountain, God’s Bend, with two white women to change her attitude. Over the years, Rose manages to keep peace in her heart and a zipper in her mouth until the day she accepts an invitation to be the guest speaker at the college she graduated from. This speaking engagement not only stirs up old feelings for Rose but it also catches the attention of an ambitious local newspaper reporter. Rose’s juicy background prompts the reporter to lobby Rose for an exclusive interview. She reluctantly accepts, but only if it’s done on God’s Bend. After some prodding, he agrees to go. When he begins his journey to God’s Bend, he’s a career-seeking hothead with a bitter taste in his mouth for God and religion, but through his many humorous encounters with the women of God’s Bend, his hard, negative, doubting demeanor begins to chip away. Not only is he changed by the impact that God’s Bend has on him, but he also didn’t see beautiful Rennie coming.

Written by Rosemarie Peltier Fogarty, When the Purple Martins Come shares the divine interaction of a journalist who is more tactless than sensitive and a couple of local women who’ve got history wrapped up like twine.