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St. Dale
St. Dale
St. Dale
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St. Dale

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The Dale Earnhardt Memorial Pilgrimage is the last trip Judge Bekasu Holifield would have chosen for her vacation. But this year it's her sister Justine's turn to make their plans, and soon Bekasu's boarding a silver cruise bus for a tour of Southern stock car speedways with Justine, their cousin Cayle, and a group of strangers--all of whose lives have somehow been touched by the legendary racer they never met. . .

For Shane McKee, the tour is a chance to get married at the speedway with his hero there in spirit. New York stockbroker Terence Palmer has made the trip to honor his only link with the father he never knew. Rev. Bill Knight, whose hobby is medieval pilgrimages, agrees to chaperone a dying child--and finds himself on a strangely familiar journey of faith and devotion.

Bekasu begins connecting with her fellow travelers in unexpected ways. But she's not the only one. As the bus rolls down an uncertain road, prayers will be answered, secrets will be revealed, bonds will be forged, and no one will leave this journey of self-discovery quite the same.

"One of McCrumb's finer achievements."
--Denver Post & Rocky Mountain News

"A wild ride! Sharyn McCrumb has done it again."
--Ward Burton, winner of the Daytona 500
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 1, 2006
ISBN9780758267672
St. Dale
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Sharyn McCrumb

Sharyn McCrumb is the New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Ballad novels. She has received numerous honors for her work, including the Mary Frances Hobson Prize for Southern Literature, the AWA Book of the Year, and Notable Books in both The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. She was also named a Virginia Woman of History for Achievement in Literature. She lives and writes in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, fewer than one hundred miles from where her family settled in 1790.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I loved this book. It's written so that a non-NASCAR-fan can follow the story, but there are also many "inside" references that hard-core NASCAR fans can pick up on and savor for an extra level of enjoyment. It also provides a thoughtful look at the whole phenomena of celebrity/sports hero worship, and the emotional role that such "heroes" (or at least perceptions of them) play in people's lives.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Not one of Sharon's best works, but the Earnhardt fan will probalby enjoy it.Even if you are not an Earnhardt fan, it was an amusing departure from McCrumb's usual style.A bit difficult to get through, (I'm not a racing fan) but.... it's on the re-read list.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Excellent read and the racing is great
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Love Nascar, But this story and I, never clicked- Had to work, to finsh. Yet some of the other Sharyn McCrumb storys, are far better. Like She walks these hills and The Rosewood CasketHer writing style, is fantasic, I just never, cared about, what happened in St. Dale.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Thoroughly enjoyable, and if you're not a NASCAR fan, don't worry; it's not really about the racing, it's about the people and the rather odd bond that brings them together.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This was an awesome book!Are you a fan of Sharyn McCrumb? This is not like any of the others I have read by her.Didn't really like what you've read from her? Give this a try.A MUST READ for the Dale Earnhardt fans!I'm not a NASCAR fan at all. But this was a wonderful book.Tag along with Earnhardt fans (& those forced to accompany them) as they take a memorial trip to the race tracks that Dale tore up.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Wellll...it was interesting. I know a lot more about NASCAR than I did before - but it's still not all that attractive to me. (still men in cars going around in small circles!). It ended a bit abruptly - set up a lot of connections and then quit without exploring them (it would have taken at least another book, and each one is more-or-less separate, but still). It wasn't depressing, though, and after reading a couple of McCrumb's Appalachian Ballads books, that's a major improvement.

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