looking for salvation at the dairy queen by susan gregg gilmore

'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Intelligent, charming, and utterly readable, Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen marks the debut of a talented new literary voice. As a series of extraordinary events alter her perspective-and sweeping changes come to Ringgold itself-Catherine Grace begins to wonder if her place in the world may actually be, against all odds, right where she began.

But before things have even begun to get off the ground in Atlanta, tragedy brings Catherine Grace back home. And when, with the help of a family friend, the dream becomes a reality, she immediately packs her bags, leaving her family and the boy she loves to claim the life she’s always imagined. The daughter of Ringgold’s third-generation Baptist preacher, Catherine Grace is quick-witted, more than a little stubborn, and dying to escape her small-town life.Įvery Saturday afternoon, she sits at the Dairy Queen, eating Dilly Bars and plotting her getaway to Atlanta. The town of Ringgold, Georgia, has a population of 1,923, one traffic light, one Dairy Queen, and one Catherine Grace Cline. “An unusually engaging novel by a very fine writer who knows exactly what she’s doing.Sometimes you have to return to the place where you began, to arrive at the place where you belong. As a series of extraordinary events alters her perspective-and sweeping changes come to Ringgold itself-Catherine Grace begins to wonder if her place in the world may actually be, against all odds, right where she began.

But before things have even begun to get off the ground in Atlanta, tragedy brings her back home. And when, with the help of a family friend, theĭream becomes a reality, Catherine Grace immediately packs her bags, leaving her family and the boy she loves to claim the life she's always imagined. The daughter of Ringgold's third-generation Baptist preacher,Ĭatherine Grace is quick-witted, more than a little stubborn, and dying to escape her small-town life.Įvery Saturday afternoon, she sits at the Dairy Queen, eating Dilly Bars and plotting her getaway to theīig city of Atlanta. The town of Ringgold, Georgia, has a population of 1,923, one traffic light, one Dairy Queen, and one Catherine GraceĬline.

Looking for salvation at the dairy queen by susan gregg gilmore