Jack Fincher, Jr., with assistance from Frances Fincher, compiled the History in Stained Glass, which tells the story of the stained-glass windows of the Margarette H. McFather Chapel at Canton First United Methodist Church in Canton, Ga. In 1964, a seed was planted by Frances Fincher to Rev. Fred Shelnutt for him to write a sermon explaining to the congregation the significance and symbolism of the beautiful windows depicting the life of Christ.
From the farms and pastures of the north Georgia mountains, where pine trees grow in the brick red clay, the tradition of storytelling is alive and well. As rustic as a barbed wire fence, as homey as a light in the window, In the Pines is a collection of stories and poems told in the voice of a vanishing people. Funny, poignant, and reminiscent of events and personalities familiar to us all, you will come away feeling that someone in the book reminds you of a person you know. This is not a book about the magnolia and cotillion south, but about the lives of Appalachian people who lived a hardscrabble life at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains. So, take a journey into the lives of the Appalachian people and listen to the characters tell their stories of joys and struggles, and everyday life in the mountains, in the pines.
When Alex's father takes her to their favorite beach she brings a dandelion with her to make a special wish, but upon arrival she sees another little girl who might need the wish much more than she does..
