Ditch Weed ebook3000 I have been to a number of those places Chipola Junior College and FSU are alumni Paperback Ditch Weed is a heartfelt story ultimately uplifting about transcendence and friendships and well worth the read It is all the engaging because the friendships at its core are unusual And while these friendships form the emotional core of the novel don t think that means things don t happen because there s action a plenty in the rich plot. Ditch Weed booking Danae a runaway teenager who lands in the small Florida town of Chattahoochee is befriended by a much older woman Mevlyn when they meet in a laundromat that Mevlyn owns Mevlyn quickly judges that the 18 year old is a purty much ruined and thinks this is etched all over her as clear as if it been printed in permanent marker But Mevlyn is a wise old soul who also notes the teen is polite and so the older woman offers to help the younger one with her loads of dirty clothes It s a slow start to what builds first into a solid friendship and then a mother daughter family relationship Danae is hiding a secret or maybe than one that much Mevlyn sees early on but she respects the young woman because Mevlyn has a few secrets of her own Yet what is not secret is that Mevlyn is being overwhelmed with the demands of owning and running the laundromat while caring for her much beloved husband Sam who is dying of cancer Danae soon becomes the helpmate Mevlyn and Sam both need The scenes between the two women and Sam remain tender honest and touching never once dipping into sentimentality or cliche Danae also befriends or is befriended by a Black youth named Malcolm who steps lightly around some of the town s threatening sorts as he recognizes Some of the kind upstanding citizens in this very crowd would gladly string me up for being Black Their relationship is not a romantic one though some in the town appear to think so and to be angered by the possibility of a Black man with a White girlfriend That Malcolm s father is a well respected police officer in the town will prove helpful to both Malcolm and Danae Malcolm dreams of leaving the small town and making something of himself and in the meantime he tells Danae I don t want to bring down that bucket of hate over my head Danae s sister who disappeared as an apparent runaway when little than a child floats through the developing story as both memory and as someone Danae seeks When Danae spots a young woman in the town who she believes could be her lost sister she does not directly confront the other woman Rather she warily gathers information about this person leading to yet another small mystery and building suspense as to why Danae is so cautious and reluctant to simply introduce herself and ask if the woman might be her sister. PDF Ditch weed eater It s not a plot spoiler to mention Danae has a child The story opens with that fact But the mystery of who the father is and other circumstances surrounding this child are only slowly revealed creating a tension in the story that moves the plot onward with interest DeVane knows well how to pace a story for maximum interest Though the story has far lightness than darkness the darkness is there Physical abuse violence attempted rape vandalism and racism all find a sinister place in the plot Still this is an uplifting marvelous story really a gem Paperback

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Eighteen year old Danae Gray hasn t see her older sister in eleven years But there she is just across the street in this small North Florida town where Danae has only just arrived Has fate finally brought them back together Is it really even her Mevlyn Jenson the feisty octogenarian owner of the WashAway Laundromat can see Danae is lost alone and troubled But Mevlyn needs help as much as Danae does and the two quickly form an alliance In exchange for room board and Mevlyn s freely bestowed advice Danae begins to help Mevlyn care for her terminally ill husband. EBook Ditch weed As Danae unravels the tragic secret surrounding her older sister s disappearance and Mevlyn comes to terms with the losses in her own life Danae and Mevlyn create a new heart family filled with love and renewed hope Ditch Weed.

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Great story once I got started I couldn t wait to see what happened next Felt as if I were there The edge of my old stomping grounds