Wish You Well

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5r;;^Tragedy strikes the New .York-based Cardinal family when their car is ig|involved in a" terrible accident>Twelve-year-old Lou and seven-year-old :"! Oz, survive, but the crash leaves their father dead and their mother in a coma It would seem that their world has been shattered forever until their great-grandmother, Louisa Mae, agrees to raise the children ,' - Virginia farm.
Life is harsh in the Virginia mountains, where the land must be worked if one is to survive. But with the unconditional friendship of Jimmy 'Diamond' Skinner and the compassion of local lawyer Cotton Longfellow, the children gradually re-build their lives, even as Lou, the '.y eternal realist, and Oz, the possessor of unwavering faith, struggle l". ' • . ' v'with their mother's plight.
k Soon, though, their rural idyll is threatened by the discovery of natural gas on the moimtainS Determined to protect her beloved mountain fron
the ravages of big business, Louisa Mae refuses to sell. But times are ^... Tovább

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5r;;^Tragedy strikes the New .York-based Cardinal family when their car is ig|involved in a" terrible accident>Twelve-year-old Lou and seven-year-old :"! Oz, survive, but the crash leaves their father dead and their mother in a coma It would seem that their world has been shattered forever until their great-grandmother, Louisa Mae, agrees to raise the children ,' - Virginia farm.
Life is harsh in the Virginia mountains, where the land must be worked if one is to survive. But with the unconditional friendship of Jimmy 'Diamond' Skinner and the compassion of local lawyer Cotton Longfellow, the children gradually re-build their lives, even as Lou, the '.y eternal realist, and Oz, the possessor of unwavering faith, struggle l". ' • . ' v'with their mother's plight.
k Soon, though, their rural idyll is threatened by the discovery of natural gas on the moimtainS Determined to protect her beloved mountain fron
the ravages of big business, Louisa Mae refuses to sell. But times are ^ hard^and^hen neighbours hear of the potential wealth the company could Jjringi" local opinion begins to turn against Louisa Mae. Then the Cardinal family find themselves ensnared in „another battle, to be played ? oiil^in^'crowded Virginiaxourtroom: á battle for justice, for survival.
talc of fiimily, faith", humaniJ^^ncyp^ejudicei set against the magical backdrop oÖl^VirSnia high rock^ ¦



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