How Sweet the Sound

<p>A Southern tale of second chances.</p><p> </p><p>Wealth and etiquette can hide a lot of things in the South as the esteemed Harlan family of sleepy Bay Spring Alabama knows. But behind the gentle facade of white pillared porches and acres of cultivated pecan orchards family secrets smolder.</p><p> </p><p>Young Anniston Harlan cares little for high society and the rigid rules and expectations of her grandmother Princella. She finds solace working the orchards alongside her father and grandfather and relief in the cool waters of Mobile Bay.</p><p> </p><p>Anniston's aunt Comfort Harlan has never quite lived up to the family name or so her mother Princella's ever-apparent scowl implies. When she gleefully accepts the proposal of her longtime boyfriend Solly a flood tide of tragedy ensues that strips Comfort of her innocence and unleashes generations of family secrets changing the Harlan family forever.</p><p> </p><p>While Comfort struggles to recover Anniston discovers an unlikely new friend from the seedy part of town who helps her try to make sense of the chaos. Together they and the whole town of Bay Spring discover how true love is a risk but one worth taking.</p><p> </p><p>This tender coming-of-age tale inspired by the Biblical story of Tamar in 2 Samuel 13 shows how survivors of the unimaginable can learn to find true healing and hope.</p><p> </p>