Jewel Author:Brett Lott In the backwoods of Mississippi, Jewel and her husband are truly blessed;they have five fine children. When Brenda Kay is bonr in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome. Jewel is the sotry of how quickly a life can change; how and unforseen event can set us on a course without reason or compass. In this story of ... more »a woman's devotion to the child who is both her burden and God's singular way of smiling on her, Bret Lott has created a monther-daughter relationship of matchless intensity and beauty, and on the the finest, most indomitable heroines in contemporary American fiction.« less