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~ Cast the First Stone ~
“Dear Dad, I’m 12 years old today. I try but
I can’t remember what you look like
anymore. I asked Donna for a picture of
you but she said that Gramma burned
them all…”
And so begins the compelling and brutally
honest tale of Denny Stone and her best
friend, Haley Fisher. Cast the First Stone
is a first novel that is as humorous as it is
bittersweet. This unique "coming-of-age"
tale set in dreary, small-town Oklahoma,
stars Denny Stone, a feisty girl with a
sharp tongue and a taste for rum & Coke.
Fiercely independent, she typifies the rebel
in all of us – constantly redefining herself
within the confines of her Podunk
existence. By contrast, her best friend
Haley is soft-spoken and timid –
inexplicably trapped in the role of matriarch
with her ever-growing, poverty-stricken
family. They struggle with their emerging
sexuality, social status, spirituality and
family. As Denny plans her escape to
California, Haley draws further inward,
seeking out God and testing the limits of
friendship and loyalty, leaving one burning
question: who will cast the first stone?
“Dear Dad, I’m 12 years old today. I try but
I can’t remember what you look like
anymore. I asked Donna for a picture of
you but she said that Gramma burned
them all…”
And so begins the compelling and brutally
honest tale of Denny Stone and her best
friend, Haley Fisher. Cast the First Stone
is a first novel that is as humorous as it is
bittersweet. This unique "coming-of-age"
tale set in dreary, small-town Oklahoma,
stars Denny Stone, a feisty girl with a
sharp tongue and a taste for rum & Coke.
Fiercely independent, she typifies the rebel
in all of us – constantly redefining herself
within the confines of her Podunk
existence. By contrast, her best friend
Haley is soft-spoken and timid –
inexplicably trapped in the role of matriarch
with her ever-growing, poverty-stricken
family. They struggle with their emerging
sexuality, social status, spirituality and
family. As Denny plans her escape to
California, Haley draws further inward,
seeking out God and testing the limits of
friendship and loyalty, leaving one burning
question: who will cast the first stone?
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