A gathering in hope, p.20
A Gathering in Hope, page 20
part #11 of Harmony Series
Sam thought it tasted a little like rabbit, which he had heard tasted like chicken. He heaped on more strawberries.
They stayed another half hour, then excused themselves and walked home. Sam was carrying the Tupperware bowl full of leftover ice cream.
“Did that ice cream taste a little funny to you?” Barbara asked.
“It was the chicken,” Sam said. “I read an article about it once. If you eat ice cream after chicken, the ice cream tastes like chicken.”
Barbara smiled at Sam. “You know the most interesting things.”
She reached around and stuck her hand in his back pocket.
“It just goes to show you’re never too old to stop learning,” Sam said.
“You’ve got that right,” Barbara said. “You’ve got that absolutely right.”
PHILIP GULLEY, heralded as the voice of small-town American life, is a Quaker pastor and author of more than twenty books that have sold over 1.2 million copies. He has received numerous awards, including the Christy Award for his acclaimed Harmony series and two Emmy Awards. Philip contributes to the Indianapolis Monthly and the Saturday Evening Post. He and his wife have two sons and a granddaughter and live in Danville, Indiana. Visit his website at www.philipgulley.com.
Praise for Philip Gulley
“Gentle and humorous…as a sort of extended episode of Leave It to Beaver with e-mail and smartphones. That, by the way, is a compliment.”
—Book Page on A Place Called Hope
“Like Jan Karon, Gulley has a gift for understanding the hilarity and pathos of small churches in small towns.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Philip Gulley is a Quaker pastor from Indiana with a charming sense of small-town life—and a shrewd sense of life in general…A self-deprecating narrator…he knows how to exaggerate in a witty way.”
—The Wall Street Journal
“Philip Gulley is a beautiful writer.”
—Charles Osgood, CBS Sunday Morning
“Gulley’s stories get at the heart of the simple joys, stranger-than-fiction humor, and day-to-day drama of small-town life.”
—American Profile Magazine
“Gulley is a splendid storyteller…his books abound with shrewd insights into human character.”
—Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
“The biggest collection of crusty, lovable characters since James Herriot settled in Yorkshire.”
—Booklist on The Harmony series
Also by Philip Gulley
A Place Called Hope
A Lesson in Hope
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Philip Gulley, A Gathering in Hope
