Jewel: A Novel

In the backwoods of Mississippi, Jewel and her husband Leston are truly blessed with five fine and healthy children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel give thanks for her last-born and most welcome baby. However, things do not continue as smoothly for Jewel and her family. This is a story of how quick-changing and cruel life can be in its ups and downs and how it sets us on courses without reason or compass. In this story of a woman's devotion to the child who is both her burden and God's singular way of smiling on her, Bret Lott has created a beautiful and moving tale of a mother-daughter relationship.