And she knows just how she'll do it: with a jar of the Bee Lady's magic honey, which has mended the wounds and woes of Maryville, North Carolina, for generations.īut when the Bee Lady says that the solution might have less to do with fixing Mama's brain and more to do with healing her own heart, Della must learn that love means accepting her mama just as she is. Down by the bay where the watermelons grow. Where the Watermelons Grow Hardcover Jby Cindy Baldwin (Author) 402 ratings Teachers' pick See all formats and editions Kindle 6.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 16.99 Other new, used and collectible from 1.50 Paperback 7.99 Other new and used from 2. It’s bad enough that her daddy’s watermelons, the sweetest in all of North Carolina, are in jeopardy because of disease and drought, now Della’s mama is. For if I do my mother will say, Did you ever see a frog walking a dog Down by the bay. Della painfully learns she can’t fix her schizophrenic mother, but maybe the 12-year-old can heal herself.
With her daddy struggling to save the farm and her mama in denial about what's happening, it's up to Della to heal her mama for good. by Cindy Baldwin RELEASE DATE: July 3, 2018. Cindy Baldwin the author of the critically acclaimed novels WHERE THE WATERMELONS GROW, BEGINNERS WELCOME, THE STARS OF WHISTLING RIDGE, and NO MATTER THE DISTANCE (2/2023). That her mama is going to be hospitalized for months like she was last time. WHERE THE WATERMELONS GROW by Cindy Baldwin is a beautiful, heartfelt story of love and acceptance, of finding ones strength within. Where the Watermelons Grow is a spot-on, insightful novel about a preteen learning to live with and accept a parent’s mental illness.
When twelve-year-old Della Kelly finds her mother furiously digging black seeds from a watermelon in the middle of the night and talking to people who aren't there, Della worries that it's happening again-that the sickness that put her mama in the hospital four years ago is back.
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