<DIV><B>In this spellbinding debut, Velva Jean Hart finds true love-and then risks everything to follow her dreams </B><BR><BR> Set in Appalachia in the years before World War II, <I>Velva Jean Learns to Drive</I> is a poignant story of a spirited young girl growing up in the gold- mining and moonshining South.<br><BR> Before she dies, Velva Jean's mother urges her to "live out there in the great wide world". Velva Jean dreams of becoming a big-time singer in Nashville until she falls in love with Harley Bright, a handsome juvenile delinquent turned revival preacher. As their tumultuous love story unfolds, Velva Jean must choose between keeping her hard-won home and pursuing her dream of singing in the Grand Ole Opry.<br><BR><BR><BR></DIV>