Robin W. Pearson creëert verhalen die de blijvende relatie van de mensheid met God en de diepgaande impact ervan op dagelijkse verbindingen onderzoeken. Voortbouwend op haar Zuidelijke wortels, is haar schrijven geïnspireerd door familiegeloof, levenslessen en verlangen, waardoor haar personages authenticiteit krijgen. Pearsons werk belicht vaak diepe spirituele waarheden door middel van herkenbare, intieme ervaringen, waardoor verhalen ontstaan die resoneren bij de lezers.
To hear Beatrice Agnew tell it, she entered the world with her mouth tightly shut. Just because she finds out she's dying doesn't mean she can't keep it that way. If any of her children have questions about their daddy and the choices she made after he abandoned them, they'd best take it up with Jesus. There's no room in Granny B's house for regrets or hand-holding. Or so she thinks.
Paulette and Fred Baldwin find themselves wading through a new season of life in Hickory Grove, North Carolina. Their only son, McKinley, now works hundreds of miles away, and the distance between the husband and wife feels even farther. When their son returns home, his visit dredges up even more conflict between Fred and Paulette.
If Maxine could put her finger on the moment when her life went into a tailspin, she would point back twenty years to the day her daddy died. She tells herself he's the only person who really knew and loved her, and if he hadn't left her behind, her future would've been different. No absentee mother, no stepfather, no rebellious ripping and running as a teenager. And no JD, who gave her wandering young heart a home, at least for a time.