“To me, an object that was once the height of elegance but is now a bit battered has far more allure than something brand new.” Pearl Lowe in The Daily Telegraph Pearl Lowe has a passion for vintage finds with character—jewel-toned velvet sofas, hand-dyed lace curtains, gleaming lacquer cabinets—and these are the essential ingredients of Faded Glamour, a gloriously decadent and perfectly lived-in decorating style. With evocative photography, Pearl’s beautiful Georgian home is revealed, showcasing her trademark blend of grandly romantic and cool rock ’n’ roll interiors. Take a tour through the colorful living rooms, intimate bedrooms, and plush bathrooms of her creative friends’ unique homes. There are hand-painted peacocks and an emerald silk bedspread in the charming house of a renowned British fashion designer; bright contemporary paintings on the perfectly rustic plaster walls of Hauser and Wirth in Somerset; a rainbow staircase and vivid embroidered wall hangings in the home of an eclectic jewelry designer, and so much more.

Pearl, Diamond, Topaz, and Ruby Morgan are the jewels of Sutton Avenue, who live at 3206 Sutton Avenue, where the windowsills sometimes feel like prison bars. When they are tragically orphaned after their parents are killed in an automobile accident in 1940's Detroit, oldest sister Pearl assumes the role as head of the family and Ruby's mother. Since Diamond is reluctant to this idea, and Topaz complacently agrees, their living arrangement sets the stage for a lifetime of loving conflict. Pearl oversees Ruby's upbringing as her personal project and allows no interference from her sisters. Their loyalty to the family is constantly tested through betrayal, disappointments, and lost loves. And when the sisters are put through the ultimate test involving their beloved home, it seems all hope is lost. Will they find the courage and determination to rise from the ashes untarnished or will they be defeated? Find out in Barbara Lewis's dazzlingly dramatic story,The Jewels of Sutton Avenue.

Once youthful, the days of old have moved to the present. She laid with the beauty of tender wrinkles and silvery hairs combed into its rightful place, rattling on about the concerning things of life. Her head turned as she focused. “What happened to my baby boy?” Dorothy Sutton whispers to her granddaughter Sheba. Words which she once held tight in secrecy, as come forth. She never wanted this to happen. As old memories never fade, even as new ones do, she has revealed things not forgotten. Living a richly rewarded life at the golden age of ninety-seven and has six months to live. Dorothy has shielded details concerning her past, as she saw no reason in digging up what she once left behind. Faith, love, and courage have been the foundation of her entire life. Her plans are to continue living the same till the end. Sheba encourages story time on what she knows, her past, to bring comfort to her in the present. In recording the events of yesterday, she learns of a secret her granny has held onto for seventy-three years. She did birthed twins, but only brought home one. One, a girl who was sickly at birth and survived only to pass away at thirty-two years of age, the other a boy. How could she hold on to something that had caused much pain? Without knowing, she may have given the keys to retrieve answers for the future. Together, these ladies will continue searching for miracles, signs, and wonders. Share the journey of Dorothy Sutton as God’s plan reveals missing pieces of a puzzle to find out what happened to her baby boy as ‘He Slipped Away’.