Edward Kelsey Moore

The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues Edward Kelsey Moore

From the author of the bestselling The Supremes at Earls All-You-Can-Eat The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues, an exuberant and poignant new audiobook of passions family and forgiveness When a late life love affair blooms between Mr. Forrest Payne the owner of the Pink Slipper Gentlemans Club and Miss Beatrice Jordan famous for stationing herself at the edge of the clubs parking lot and yelling warnings of eternal damnation at the departing patrons their wedding summons a legend to town. Mr. El Walker the great guitar bluesman comes home to give a command performance in Plainview Indiana a place hed sworn—and for good reason—hed never set foot in again. But El is not the only Plainview native with a hurdle to overcome. A wildly philandering husband struggles at last to prove his faithfulness to the wife hes always loved. And among those in this tightly knit community who show up every Sunday after church for lunch at Earls All-You-Can-Eat are the lifelong friends known locally as “The Supremes” —Clarice facing down her longing for chance at and fear of a great career; Barbara Jean grappling at last with the loss of a mother whose life humiliated both of them and Odette reaching toward her husband through an anger of his that she does not understand. Edward Kelsey Moores lively cast of characters each of whom have surmounted serious trouble and come into love need not learn how to survive but how fully to live. And they do every one of them serenaded by the bittersweet and unforgettable blues song El Walker plays born of his own great loss and love.