Lois Barker reluctantly trades her life as a big-city journalist for ownership of the Green News-Item, a tiny, twice-weekly paper in rural Louisiana. As the not-so-proud new owner, Lois must keep the paper for at least a year. When she pulls into Green on New Year's Day, her expectations of a charming little town and friendly people are shattered. Instead, she finds herself battling prejudice and financial corruption, while encountering a host of fascinating characters who will change her life.
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Lois Barker reluctantly trades her life as a big-city journalist for ownership of the Green News-Item, a tiny, twice-weekly paper in rural Louisiana. As the not-so-proud new owner, Lois must keep the paper for at least a year. When she pulls into Green on New Year's Day, her expectations of a charming little town and friendly people are shattered. Instead, she finds herself battling prejudice and financial corruption, while encountering a host of fascinating characters who will change her life.
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Reading this book I feel like a learned how a newspaper business operates. Living in a small town myself I could so relate to the Community. As this summer here was in the 100s, I could relate to the heat of Louisiana.
Lois Barker takes over a newspaper willed to her by her friend who worked with her in big city. He bought the paper and then got Leukemia. So he willed it to her and she had to operate it for a year.
In this story, you can see God's plan unfold in circumstance after circumstance. Lois did not want to stay in Green, La more than the year but found herself very involved in the community. So when she found a buyer she could not sell.
You also can see how one person's life made a big difference in the life of a town and other people too.
Be advised though it is a book you won't be able to lay down. I cannot wait to read another book by this author.