Fourteenth Summer : So begins the search for a suitable Bride

by Salter, Kay

• ISBN13: 9780984251728
• ISBN10: 0984251723
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-01
• Publisher: Atlasbooks Dist Serv

Summary

This is the third in a series of eight books featuring the life of the young lady Sarah Bowers, who spends her summers at her grandparent's home in historic Beaufort, North Carolina. The books start in her twelfth summer and end with her twenty-second birthday, graduation from college, and marriage. The book is set in the midst of World War II in the town made famous by other authors such as Nicholas Sparks in Walk to Remember. The story is a good read for teens and adults. Adult women ages twenty-five to eighty have been the largest demographic for buying the books and showing enthusiasm for purchasing more in the series. It is a good, clean read for all ages and hearkens back to an America of the 1940s and 1950s. It is historical fiction as told by lifelong resident and author Kay Salter.

Author Biography

Kay Salter is a native of Beaufort, North Carolina. She is a retired school teacher and considers books her life-long friends. It has been her joy and privilege to share good literature with her students, her children and grandchildren. Kay teaches Sunday school at St. Paul's Episcopal church and makes quilts for orphans in Romania. She and her husband, Jimmy, enjoy fishing and swimming on the clear North Carolina coast.

Table of Contents

Making Plans	p. 7
Back to Beaufort	p. 16
Papa Tom's Vigil	p. 23
Cookin' fish in a Factory	p. 27
The Search Begins	p. 40
Clara's Wise Words	p. 51
The Reluctant Seamstress	p. 58
A Daring Rescue	p. 67
A Reasonable Explanation	p. 78
A New Hairdo	p. 90
The Other Side of Emily	p. 101
A Marriage Proposal	p. 108
The Agony of Sharing	p. 121
Fourth of July Celebration	p. 127
Quilts and Secrets	p. 139
"Old Mackie is Back"	p. 151
Fire!	p. 162
Treasures a-la-Clara	p. 170
A Tough Lesson: Repaying Bad with Good	p. 175
Sarah's Very Own Room	p. 189
Uncle Herb's Strange Request	p. 203
Cleaning the Shed	p. 214
The Stern Kicher	p. 223
Lunch in the Marsh	p. 234
An Amazing Discovery	p. 247
Word From the Red-Haired Boy	p. 256
A New Promise	p. 273
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