An Elegant Story of Love Given, Love Returned, and Love Remembered When Foster Lanier and Ben Phelps are released from a professional baseball team in 1904, it is the only experience they have in common until they meet a runaway - a girl-woman named Lottie Parker - on a train that takes them from Augusta, Georgia, and away from their dreams of greatness. Foster will marry her and father her son. Ben will escort her home. And Lottie will change the lives of everyone she meets from the day she runs away until she finally finds the place where she belongs. The story of Lottie reveals the life of a rare woman who never completely loses the innocence of her dreams - although she leaves home as a prostitute and works the girlie tent in a traveling carnival. Her marriage to Foster and the birth of her son are part of her dream. Having Ben care for her following Foster's death, being accepted into the home of Margaret Phelps, Ben's mother, and meeting Arthur Ledford, the father of Ben's fiancee, are fragments of the dream as well.
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"I had to opportunity to listen to Mr. Kay read from the first pages of his book, and I fell in love. He has a wonderful way with words, painting a lovely picture and listening to him read, with his wonderful southern accent,transported me into Lottie's world." — Stacy (5 out of 5 stars)
"I had to opportunity to listen to Mr. Kay read from the first pages of his book, and I fell in love. He has a wonderful way with words, painting a lovely picture and listening to him read, with his wonderful southern accent,transported me into Lottie's world."
" More like a 3.5 star book, it kept my attention but wasn't super compelling. "
" another one I cried several times during my reading of it... "
" Another great Terry Kay yarn - this time with baseball! "
" Not my favorite of Kay's, but a great book. I loved the fact that the romance was true to the time period and sex was not a given. "
" Lottie was loved by everyone and remembered by all! If you look long enough, you will find your dream. "
" A very sweet read about a girl who finally finds her way home and to her heart. "
" Another good book by this author, about baseball, true love at the turn of the century, coming of age, just lovely. "
" A nice book; nice style of writing! Men would enjoy this book, too.... Baseball & a beautiful woman! A "tasteful" romance.... "
Terry Kay’s novels include Taking Lottie Home,The Runaway, Shadow Song, and the now-classic To Dance with the White Dog, twice nominated for the American Booksellers Book of the Year Award and winner of the Southeastern Library Association Book of the Year Award. He lives with his family in Athens, Georgia.
Buck Schirner’s professional career has primarily been on stage as a character actor. He is currently active in the theater scene in Philadelphia. Buck also appears in the independent film In the Woods.
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