The Widows of Eden Author:George Shaffner It's summer in dusty middle America, and the residents of Ebb, Nebraska are enduring the worst drought since the Dust Bowl. It hasn't rained in a hundred days, and the ground is harder than a cast iron skillet. Lifelong residents are fleeing, and the town is on the verge of collapse. Wilma Porter, the plucky owner of the Come Again Bed a... more »nd Breakfast, and her indomitable friends from the Quilting Circle need to do something to save Ebb, and fast. But short of praying for rain, there's little even the powerful Quilting Circle can do.
Enter Vernon L. Moore. The last time this mysterious traveling salesman came to stay at the Come Again B & B, he turned the town around in six days. When he left, he became a legend. Wilma and her friends have come to expect surprises from Mr. Moore, but this time they're stunned when he brings help: three widows from the town of Eden with pasts as enigmatic as his. And it seems Mr. Moore's not back just to save the town. He's returned to make a deal with Clement Tucker, the richest man in Ebb, who is prepared to buy Vernon Moore's influence at the expense of the town's survival.
The Widows of Eden is an entertaining, inspiring novel about community, hope, and a new way of looking at the things that matter most.« less