Ebook {Epub PDF} The Charm Bracelet by Viola Shipman

Viola Shipman’s, aka Wade Rouse, first novel, The Charm Bracelet, is one of those books. From the very beginning the author captivates you and draws you into this story. It is a story of three generations, Grandma Lolly, daughter Arden and granddaughter Lauren/5(). The Charm Bracelet is a tribute to my Ozarks grandmother, Viola Shipman, who I grewup alongside, the jangling of her charm bracelet as ever-present as the moan ofthe bullfrogs, the call of the whippoorwill and the hum of the cicadas. It was through the charms on my grandmother'sbracelet that I Reviews:  · The Charm Bracelet by Viola Shipman is a keeper, a novel like a rare jewel that will be passed down one generation to the next and from one book club member to the next until everyone has read this heartfelt, intergenerational story of love and forgiveness. Viva Viola!”.Brand: St. Martin's Publishing Group.

Wade chose his grandmother's name, Viola Shipman, as a pen name to honor the woman whose heirlooms and family stories inspire his fiction. Wade's novels include The Charm Bracelet, a Michigan Notable Book of the Year; The Hope Chest; and The Recipe Box. NYT bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank says of Wade and his latest novel, The. Viola Shipman Viola Shipman is the pen name of Wade Rouse, who is a popular and award-winning memoirist. He picked his grandma's name in order to honor the woman whose family stories and charm bracelet gave him the inspiration to pen his debut novel, which is a tribute to each of our elders. The Charm Bracelet by Viola Shipman is set in Scoops, Michigan. Lolly Lindsey has the beginning of dementia. She knows that this will be her last chance to tell her stories and family history to her family. Arden, Lolly's daughter, gets a call about her mother from a neighbor. Arden and her daughter, Laurel hurry back to Scoops to check on Lolly.

In the quickening dusk, I felt for her hand as we walked, our wrists colliding, setting our charm bracelets jangling. I giggled. Out of habit, I began to feel for her charms, trying to guess each one by touch rather than sight. It was a game I had invented years ago. “My baby shoe!” I said excitedly. Viola Shipman’s, aka Wade Rouse, first novel, The Charm Bracelet, is one of those books. From the very beginning the author captivates you and draws you into this story. It is a story of three generations, Grandma Lolly, daughter Arden and granddaughter Lauren. The Charm Bracelet was written as a tribute to the author’s grandmothers – whose charm bracelets and lessons inspired the novel – as well as to all of our elders.