Fourteenth Summer

About the Book

So begins the search for a suitable bride… Sarah fancies her Uncle Herb lonely and in need of a wife. With the aid of Granny Jewel and her friend Nancy, they set about to find the perfect young woman. Sarah soon realizes it is not quite as simple as searching for an item at Upton’s Department Store. Sarah and Joshua witness an airplane crash. With no thought of their own safety, their heroic actions help save the handsome young pilot garnering Sarah her first proposal of marriage. Papa Tom demonstrates to Joshua the tough lesson of repaying bad with good. As summer ends, Uncle Herb surprises all with a request to bring someone to dinner to meet the family.

About the Author

Kay Salter is a native of Beaufort, North Carolina. She is a retired school teacher and considers books her life-long friends. It has been her joy and privilege to share good literature with her students, her children and her grandchildren. Kay teaches Sunday school at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and makes quilts for orphans in Romania. She and her husband, Jimmy, enjoy fishing and swimming in the clear, clean waters off the North Carolina coast.