false 6193902 3 <B>In this spellbinding debut, Velva Jean Hart finds true love-and then risks everything to follow her dreams </B><BR><BR> Set in Appalachia in the years before World War II, <I>Velva Jean Learns to Drive</I> is a poignant story of a spirited young girl growing up in the gold-mining and moonshining South. <BR><BR> Before she dies, Velva Jean's mother urges her to "live out there in the great wide world". Velva Jean dreams of becoming a big-time singer in Nashville until she falls in love with Harley Bright, a handsome juvenile delinquent turned revival preacher. As their tumultuous love story unfolds, Velva Jean must choose between keeping her hard-won home and pursuing her dream of singing in the Grand Ole Opry. <BR><BR> 6374339 28 7 2009 Velva Jean Learns to Drive: A Novel total:139|5:25|4:65|3:40|2:8|1:1| 139 522 383 59 3 1 false false Wed Aug 12 11:34:41 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 11:34:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 19:24:08 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 12:10:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 04:23:44 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 17:10:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 13:24:52 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 19:20:24 -0700 2009
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