Once Upon a Gulf Coast Summer — Susan Oliver

The relationship between a mother and daughter is complex, but that is no secret to Josephine Greene Van Zandt and her grown daughter, Katy Ardelean.

Issues bear down from Josephine's troubled and rigid childhood and the enigmatic mother who was preoccupied with her own secret disappointments. The war continues through Jo and Katy -- even after Jo is diagnosed with lung cancer.

As a young wife and mother, Jo struggled to understand redemption and faith and received help from her housekeeper, Adele. Years later, as flood waters threaten their homes one Gulf Coast summer, Jo and Katy peek through the door of redemption opened by Christ's proactive grace.