Pleasant Grove - The Summer of 1948 introduces you to new chareacters. Patty Pratt enters with a massive display at the annual talent show. Hump Buckner returns to his hometown after several years recovering from mental scars. Velma Stout opens her heart and the young pastor of First Baptist, with a secret personal life, enters along with Billy, her old friend from Carolina Beach. The novel ends with the arrival of a new citizen to Pleasant Grove. Lidia's Italy pulls her heart across the ocean, Velma Stout opens her heart to her past and reveals amazing options for her future and Edna May reaces a new low in gossiping.. | Pleasant Grove by Ricky Lindley, Paperback | Indigo Chapters