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THE OAKS OF McCORD
Author: Mary Eaddy
Original Title from Bella Rosa Books
5.5"x 8.5" Trade Paperback
Retail $14.95US

ISBN 978-1-933523-91-0
LCCN 2010926794

Southern novel pits grandmother and granddaughter against power brokers in small town

When local leaders in McCord, South Carolina plan to cut down dozens of historic oak trees and widen Main Street for a new manufacturing plant, they don't realize the danger they are bringing to the town. Against their family's better judgment, fourteen-year-old Maggie Gordon and her feminist grandmother, Laney, pledge to save the trees. But Laney fails to consider that an important lesson in civic responsibility and leadership might have unexpected consequences-like the criticism she'll endure in her own hometown or the peril her entire family will ultimately face.

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"The South is known for strong women who infuse God's spirit into children to heal their troubled minds and encourage their talents. Mary Eaddy has given us two enormously memorable characters in Laney Gordon and her granddaughter, Maggie-a child I vow to love forever!"
—Ronda Rich, Author, WHAT SOUTHERN WOMEN KNOW ABOUT FAITH

"The Oaks of McCord paints a vivid picture of both the joys and generations-old conflicts in a small Southern town. The troubles of young Maggie Gordon should resonate, particularly, with young adult readers."
—Marcia Preston, Author, THE WIND COMES SWEEPING and THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE

About the Author:

Born in Hemingway, South Carolina, Mary Eaddy attended Queens University in Charlotte and the University of South Carolina, where she studied with poet-in-residence James Dickey and earned a master's degree in journalism. She worked for The Richmond Times-Dispatch and The State newspaper before teaching at USC Upstate and becoming director of public information for the S.C. Technical College System.
      She owns a public relations practice and serves as interim vice president for university communication at Coastal Carolina University. She is a past president of the S.C. Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Mary is a member of Mystery Writers of America and a director of Crescent Bank in Myrtle Beach. She was a founding member of the Southeastern Institute for Women in Politics.

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