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The Sweet Gum Tree
The Sweet Gum Tree | Katherine Allred
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Sweet tea, corn bread, and soup beans-everyday fare for eight-year-old Alix French, the precocious darling of a respected southern family. But nothing was ordinary about the day she met ten-year-old Nick Anderson, a boy from the wrong side of town. Armed with only a tin of bee balm and steely determination, Alix treats the raw evidence of a recent beating that mars his back, an act that changes both of their lives forever. Through childhood disasters and teenage woes they cling together as friendship turns to love. The future looks rosy until the fateful night when Frank Anderson, Nick's abusive father, is shot to death in his filthy trailer. Suddenly, Nick is gone-leaving Alix alone, confused and pregnant. For the next fifteen years she wrestles with the pain of Nick's abandonment, a bad marriage, her family and friends. But finally, she's starting to get her life back together. Her divorce is almost final, her business is booming, and she's content if not happy -- until the day she looks up and sees Nick standing across the counter. He's back...and he's not alone. Once again Alix is plunged into turmoil and pain as Nick tries to win her love, something she resists with all her strength. Only one thing might break the protective wall she's built around her emotions-the truth about Frank Anderson's death. But when that truth comes out and those walls crumble, neither Alix nor Nick is prepared for the emotional explosion that could destroy as well as heal.
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maich
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#CoverLove #Dots

I found cover with leaves on my shelf. I don't even remember when I bought this and still didn't read it.
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

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Book 18

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SanjanaGhosh
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Mehso-so

Part 1 of this book was amazing. Part 2 disappointed terribly.

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tammysue
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Oh WOW what a phenomenal book!!!
This was an emotional roller coaster ride spanning 25 years — Alix and Nick‘s story is an abundance of emotions that will tear your heart out, I was literally tearing up by the end of the book. This has been on my Goodreads #TBR since 2014 I wished I would of picked it up sooner. Loved it! 💞

#25infive #romance #southern

Andrew65 Not even heard of this one! 7y
tammysue @Andrew65 I heard about it on GR, is very good! 👍🏻 7y
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