{"product_id":"christmas-in-fountain-city-paperback","title":"Christmas in Fountain City - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaphne Simpkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEach Christmas retired chemistry teacher Edwina Bopp makes her newest invention of miracle fudge as a fundraiser for missions in her small Southern town Fountain City.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetween Thanksgiving and Christmas, the good lady cooks through the night and then gives the candy away to the fudge-hungry group of people who know this year's newest recipe is coming and line up in front of her store before she ever opens the door of her Main Street candy shop. People receive their portion of this year's fudge and place donations for missions in her jar on the counter, expecting miracles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome miracles have occurred, so they said. Lonely people fell in love. Couples who wanted children have fat babies. Heartsick people wake up to hope. Afterwards, they say the fudge did it. But it isn't the fudge. It's the secret power that enlivens this small town. The secret ingredient for life in Fountain City is their love for God and for one another. Fountain City folks know this, but they also want that miracle fudge. Friends and neighbors wait for it year-round, hoping Mrs. Bopp won't veer off into some weird recipe that doesn't include chocolate. She did that once, and the residents of Fountain City are still talking about it! Available only at Christmas, the demand for her miracle fudge is high-an intensity of desire that could be lessened if she would just share her recipes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut she won't do that. It's not selfishness. Mrs. Bopp's fudge recipes keep changing. She's never finished with perfecting the perfect batch of fudge, and so she keeps working on measurements and ingredients. And in her slowness and inscrutable gifts and responses to their demands, she models what the world calls faith and patience, too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll of that comes to an end when Mrs. Bopp is attacked and her day's fudge supply stolen. How the neighbors of Fountain City respond to this calamity is the new experience of miracles in the daily life of Fountain City at Christmas. An uplifting story, \u003ci\u003eChristmas in Fountain City\u003c\/i\u003e will remind you that the existence of love itself is the great miracle, and you can have it every day of your life if you trust the One who invented the miracle of grace. And you can also have fudge.... Check out \u003ci\u003eChristmas in Fountain City\u003c\/i\u003e now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author Daphne Simpkins: \u003c\/b\u003e Daphne is best known for her series about church ladies of the South featuring Mildred Budge and friends. There is a primary series of novels that begins with \u003ci\u003eMildred Budge in Cloverdale\u003c\/i\u003e. There is a secondary series of shorter fiction that begins with \u003ci\u003eMiss Budge in Love\u003c\/i\u003e. There is also a spin-off series about Mildred's friends, and that series begins with \u003ci\u003eBelle: A Mildred Budge Friendship Story\u003c\/i\u003e. To keep up with new releases, follow her on Amazon or Facebook.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaphne Simpkins has written over two hundred articles, essays and short stories which have been published in the United States and Canada in periodicals like The Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, Tropic Magazine, The Christian Century, the Christian Courier, Esprit, and many others. Named recently by MOSAIC magazine as a top speaker in the state, Daphne is an active member of The Alabama Humanities Foundation Road Scholars Speakers Bureau. She may be contacted at DaphneSimpkins@gmail.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862265757984,"sku":"9780692788776","price":14.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/WpmfkUreV89780692788776.webp?v=1781628671","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/christmas-in-fountain-city-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}