The Glory of Green

Copyright © 2010 by Judy Christie

ISBN-13: 978-1-4267-0056-9

Published by Abingdon Press, P.O. Box 801, Nashville, TN 37202

www.abingdonpress.com

All rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, stored in any retrieval system, posted on any website, or transmitted in any form or by any means—digital, electronic, scanning, photocopy, recording, or otherwise—without written permission from the publisher, except for brief quotations in printed reviews and articles.

The persons and events portrayed in this work of fiction are the creations of the author, and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

Published in association with the Books & Such Literary Agency, Etta Wilson, 5926 Sunhawk Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95409, www.booksandsuch.biz.

Cover design by Anderson Design Group, Nashville, TN

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Christie, Judy Pace, 1956-

    The glory of Green / Judy Christie.

        p. cm.—(The green series)

    ISBN 978-1-4267-0056-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)

    1. Women journalists—Fiction. 2. City and town life—Louisiana—Fiction. 3. Community life—Louisiana—Fiction. I. Title.

    PS3603.H7525G56  2011

    813'.6—dc22

2010038257

Printed in the United States of America

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