The Happy hour choir
By: Sally Kilpatrick
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781617735684
Subjects: Choirs (Music); Bars (Drinking establishments); Teenage pregnancy; Women pianists; Christian life; Fiction; Children of clergy; Musicians; Clergy; FICTION / General; Honky-tonk musicians; Methodist Church
Description: Estranged from her family, Beulah supports herself by playing the piano at a honky-tonk, but when a dying friend asks her to take over as her church's piano player, Beulah finds herself butting heads with the deacon and a straight-laced choir.

"Life has dealt Beulah Land a tough hand to play, least of all being named after a hymn. A teenage pregnancy estranged her from her family, and a tragedy caused her to lose what little faith remained. The wayward daughter of a Baptist deacon, she spends her nights playing the piano at The Fountain, a honky-tonk located just across the road from County Line Methodist. But when she learns that a dear friend's dying wish is for her to take over as the church's piano player, she realizes it may be time to face the music ... Beulah butts heads with Luke Daniels, the new pastor at County Line, who is determined to cling to tradition even though he needs to attract more congregants to the aging church. But the choir also isn't enthusiastic about Beulah's contemporary take on the old songs and refuses to perform. Undaunted, Beulah assembles a ragtag group of patrons from The Fountain to form the Happy Hour Choir. And as the unexpected gig helps her let go of her painful past--and accept the love she didn't think she deserved--she may be able to prove to Luke that she can toe the line between sinner and saint"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes a reading group guide and recipes (pages [305]-310).