The Sugarfoot Stories
The Sugarfoot Stories
Thick as Thieves, Angels on Willow Street ***First in The Sugarfoot Series Back Cover Blurb
In the decades that followed World War II, money was scarce and times were hard in Eastern Pennsylvania. Some folks were just not willing to settle for next to nothing. Folks had dreams in their hearts and dug in their heels. They kept right on believing that they had what it took to get out of the big city, build a home, have kids and raise them with their own values. But being hardworking and honest, was that enough?
Their enterprising ways, their self-taught skills with limited educations and what they picked up from their families they were raised in had to come into play. What they did have going for them was their zest for life, strong work ethics, a healthy sense of humor, faith in a higher power and His Guardian Angels, love for their family and a desire to do right by their kids. Would it be enough? Would it last? Their intention was to raise them to enjoy life and be able to be responsible adults.
Jump into the Sugarfoot stories and find out what they were up against. Discover what it was like to raise four adventurous kids on a working man’s salary. First of the Sugarfoot stories, Thick as Thieves: Angels on Willow Street will take you through wild adventures and the impact that the outcome would eventually have on this family’s life.
Those who read this book in the prime of adolescence will no doubt be able to identify with much of it. But for those of you who are past the tinseled years of teen-agerdom, go back, if you will and relieve with me all the glory, the giddiness, the turmoil of adolescence and the search for answers to life's questions and the desire to be complete in this thing we call love.
There is much laughter, a few tears and a lot of growing up when you are fourteen. I knew what it was to be painfully shy with an uncomfortable knot in my stomach, on the first day of a new school in a brand-new situation.
As it turned out, it was wonderful, the kind of year when memories are made to last a lifetime. And how could it be otherwise with such fun folks as Ryan the Rodent, Karen the Heron and Old Lady Llewellyn around? Live with me through my year in Willow Run. Laugh with me through the Ingathering Escapades and the Little Calamities, New York Style. Cry a bit through Growing Pains, and step with me into the freedom I was seeking in a developing relationship with Jesus Christ.
SSSSSSSSSSSS
After one has committed himself to Christ, then what? Does the fun stop? I didn't think so. Explore with me the advantages of being content with little, having a positive outlook and an answer for myself again whether we can truly trust every aspect of our life to Jesus.
Find out how to cope with roommates and how not to break up with your boyfriend. Is it necessary to do our best? And what happens when we mind other people's business? Live with me through a year of boarding academy through the ups and downs with lessons in everyday living, amid the cornfields and conflicts.