Summary of John Bloom & Jim Atkinson's Evidence of Love

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Candy’s parables were always enjoyed by the kids, and she was always joyfully childlike in her delivery. She would always point toward the ceiling, just like she had practiced the night before, and the kids would be enthralled.
#2 The beginning of June, 1980, was a punishing Texas summer, and Candy Montgomery had arrived at the United Methodist Church of Lucas, Texas, a little before nine that morning. She had to take care of five errands in five different towns.
#3 Candy had always loved Lucas Church, and she was excited to be the church’s lay delegate. She had never spoken about her feelings for the church to anyone except Jackie, the previous pastor, but she felt like she had a home there.
#4 Candy had the children bow their heads for a final prayer, and then they all scurried off to their 9:30 classes. Afterward, she went to visit her favorite babysitter, Connie Holmes, who was teaching the six-year-olds that day.

Sujets

• Love
• Love (disambiguation)

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 27 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669392644
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on John Bloom & Jim Atkinson's Evidence of Love
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 Insights from Chapter 12 Insights from Chapter 13 Insights from Chapter 14 Insights from Chapter 15 Insights from Chapter 16 Insights from Chapter 17 Insights from Chapter 18 Insights from Chapter 19 Insights from Chapter 20 Insights from Chapter 21 Insights from Chapter 22 Insights from Chapter 23 Insights from Chapter 24 Insights from Chapter 25 Insights from Chapter 26 Insights from Chapter 27
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Candy’s parables were always enjoyed by the kids, and she was always joyfully childlike in her delivery. She would always point toward the ceiling, just like she had practiced the night before, and the kids would be enthralled.

#2

The beginning of June, 1980, was a punishing Texas summer, and Candy Montgomery had arrived at the United Methodist Church of Lucas, Texas, a little before nine that morning. She had to take care of five errands in five different towns.

#3

Candy had always loved Lucas Church, and she was excited to be the church’s lay delegate. She had never spoken about her feelings for the church to anyone except Jackie, the previous pastor, but she felt like she had a home there.

#4

Candy had the children bow their heads for a final prayer, and then they all scurried off to their 9:30 classes. Afterward, she went to visit her favorite babysitter, Connie Holmes, who was teaching the six-year-olds that day.

#5

The country was a collection of small towns in eastern Collin County, Texas, that was home to the Montgomerys. The townspeople were mostly descendants of families who had come to escape something: cities, density, routine, fear of crime, overpriced housing, and the urban problems their parents never knew.

#6

Candy Montgomery was a morning person, and she was in no particular hurry. She tended to get impatient when things weren’t done, and she was a morning person at her best when she was up early and finished with most of her work by noon.

#7

At Bible School, Marie Childs was taking care of the four- and five-year-olds that morning. She gave the lesson, and then noticed that Candy had disappeared. The toe on Candy’s left foot was bleeding profusely.

#8

Tina, who was five at the time, was playing with the bigger girls down the street when she saw Alisa Gore, who was seven, get into a white station wagon. Tina waited for Alisa to come home, but the baby kept crying, so she went home and told her grandmother that Alisa’s little sister was crying but Alisa wasn’t home.

#9

The house on the left was Mayor Haas’. He had a gas lamp with a wooden rabbit on it. The landscape was familiar again. Down a slight incline, left onto the gravel, and up the steeply inclined driveway.

#10

She was able to match the color of the blouse she had just taken off with the ones she had soaked in the sink. She then went upstairs to find a pair of blue jeans, and matched the shade against the ones she had just taken off.

#11

The final puppet show took place at the church, and as it ended, the mothers began gathering their kids up to leave. Candy went to get her swimsuit so she would be late to pick up Alisa.

#12

Candy returned home, and the women began cleaning up. The kids wanted to look at their cards, so Candy bought them each one. Ian chose his first, a card with a funny man with a moustache and a straw hat on the front. When you opened it, his straw hat popped up out of the middle.

#13

At the home of Allan and Betty Gore in Dallas, Texas, on June 13, 1980, no one was home. The phone rang intermittently, but was not answered. Around noon, a delivery man for a parcel service rang the doorbell, but got no response. Around four, Allan Gore himself made a call from the Dallas–Fort Worth Airport.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Candy Wheeler, the author’s grandmother, was the most high-strung of the Wheeler sisters. She was already showing signs of being the more flirtatious of the two girls, and she gravitated to the older kids right away.

#2

Candy was an Army brat, and she spent the 20 years after World War II bouncing from base to base, trying to keep some thread of continuity in the lives of her two daughters. She was always easygoing and friendly with strangers, and learned how to use exotic paraphernalia like lipstick and nylons.

#3

Candy was a high school junior when she fell in love with her first steady boyfriend, Chris. She couldn’t wait to lose her virginity.

#4

Pat Montgomery was one of the brightest young electrical engineers in one of the fastest-moving American electronics companies. For several years, he had told himself that was all he wanted in life. Then he met Candy Wheeler.

#5

Candy had always wanted to be a wife, but never thought about being a mother. She met Pat Montgomery in 1970, and he seemed like a good match. She was always taken with Mexican men, but never considered dating an Anglo man.

#6

Candy, who was five years older than Pat, had the worldly wisdom of a much older woman. She had no intention of ever going out with him again. When he sent her a dozen roses and a humorous card, she was so touched that she looked up the number for Texas Instruments and called to tell him how sweet he was.

#7

Pat had been looking for a reason to return to El Paso, but when he got there for the funeral, he was distracted and confused. On the second night home, he called Candy and met her at her apartment. They walked through a park, and for one of the few times in his life, Pat forgot his shyness and talked unstintingly about both his sense of loss and his great hopes for a career in advanced engineering.

#8

Pat had flown to El Paso with the diamond ring, and Candy was hysterical with joy. They had eloped two months after they met, and they quickly decided on a small wedding ceremony at Trinity Presbyterian Church.

#9

Candy and Pat had their first major conflict when Pat got a leave of absence to finish his degree at the University of Colorado. They had a difficult time making friends at the apartment complex in Boulder, and Candy was extremely unhappy with the cold weather. They eventually moved to a house in Plano, Texas.
Insights from Chapter 3

#1

The name Bethany came out of nowhere during a conversation between Alisa and her brother.