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Hepinstall, Kathy.
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Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
Family secrets -- Fiction
Texas -- Fiction.
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Hepinstall, Kathy.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
Family secrets -- Fiction
Texas -- Fiction.
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The book of Polly / Kathy Hepinstall.
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Hepinstall, Kathy.
Viking, 2017.
Call #:
FICTION
HEP
Subjects
Mothers and daughters --
Fiction
Dysfunctional families --
Fiction
Family secrets --
Fiction
Texas --
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9780399562099 (hc.)
Description:
322 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"Willow Havens is ten years old and obsessed with the fear that her mother will die. Her mother, Polly, is a cantankerous, take-no-prisoners Southern woman who lives to shoot varmints, drink margaritas, and antagonize the neighbors--and she sticks out like a sore thumb among the young, modern mothers of their small conventional Texas town. She was in her late fifties when Willow was born, so Willow knows she's here by accident, a late-life afterthought. Willow's father died before she was born, her much older brother and sister are long grown and gone and failing elsewhere: it's just her and her bigger-than-life mom, Polly. Willow is desperately hungry for clues to the family life that preceded her, and Polly has her own secrets that she won't reveal. Why did she leave her hometown of Bethel, Louisiana, fifty years ago and vow never to return after a mysterious and terrible incident? Who is Garland Jones, her long-ago suitor who possibly killed a man? And will Polly be able to outrun The Bear, the illness that finally puts her on a collision course with her closely guarded past and a final trip back to Bethel that will end with them, like Huck Finn, riding a river raft back home? THE BOOK OF POLLY has a kick like the best hot sauce, and a great blend of humor and sadness, pathos and hilarity. This is a bittersweet novel about the grip of love in a truly quirky family and you'll come to know one of the most unforgettable mother-daughter duos you've ever met."--From publisher.
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