Free (nook/Kindle/iTunes/ePub) Promises to Keep [Christian 1960s Literary Fiction]

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Promises to Keep by Ann Tatlock is a standalone 1960s period-set literary drama novel revolving around around the themes of troubled familes and childhood friendship and elder aid, free courtesy of Christian publisher Baker's Bethany House imprint.

Currently free, probably just for the next day @ B&N, Amazon UK (slated to drop in the main store after midnight Pacific Time), Kobo (not available to Canadians), iTunes & Google Play (all available to Canadians), and Christian Book (ADE-DRM ePub available worldwide), and can be added to your library @ BookShout (online reading & app download).

Description
Eleven-year-old Roz (Rosalind) Anthony and her family have just moved to Mills River, Illinois, to escape an abusive situation. Only days after settling into their new home, they are surprised to find the previous owner, Tillie Monroe, on their front porch reading the newspaper. Though her sons have sold the house and sent her to a facility for the aged, she is determined to die in the place she lived her life, and somehow manages to find her way "home" day after day. Feeling sympathy for the elderly woman, Roz's mother allows Tillie to move back in.

Mara Nightingale becomes Roz's first friend in Mills River. In spite of their many differences, the girls discover they have something in common that binds them together--both are hiding secrets. So they make a promise--"cross my heart and hope to die"--never to tell anyone else.

When danger stalks the Anthonys, Tillie exhibits unimaginable courage and selfless love in her determination to protect the family she has adopted as her own.