Forgiving August Author:Dudley J. Delffs Where do you find hope for the future when you're struggling to break free from the pain of the past? Bounty McGraw is 18 during the summer that his safe, small-town world begins to crumble. His parents' troubled marriage teeters on the edge of collapse. His boss makes threatening advances. And a quiet stranger appears out of nowhere, claiming t... more »o be a relative Bounty never knew he had. Yearning for reality that will remain constant and truth that cannot slip away, Bounty decides to take his uncertain future into his own hands. So in an August brimming with pain, hope and love, he sets out to make peace with an unfaithful world, setting in motion a chain of events that will change his life forever. Crafted in the rich and eloquent tradition of southern fiction, Forgiving August is a bittersweet coming of age tale.« less