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The Book of Polly: A Novel,Used
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Delightful. . . funny and poignant. PeopleWith a kick like the best hot sauce, this is the laughoutloud story of a girl determined to keep up with her aging, crazyasafox mother"If you ever pined for a mother who would take a hunting falcon as her wingman to a parentteacher conference, Polly is the gal for you. Delicious." Mark Childress, author of Crazy in AlabamaWillow Havens is ten years old and obsessed with the fear that her mother will die. Her mother, Polly, is a cantankerous, takenoprisoners Southern woman who lives to chase varmints, drink margaritas, and antagonize the neighborsand 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 shes here by accident, a latelife afterthought. Willows father died before she was born, her much older brother and sister are long grown and gone and failing elsewhere. Its just her and biggerthanlife Polly.Willow is desperately hungry for clues to the family life that preceded her, and especially Pollys life preWillow. Why did she leave her hometown of Bethel, Louisiana, fifty years ago and vow never to return? Who is Garland Jones, her longago 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 past?The Book of Polly has 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 youll come to know one of the most unforgettable motherdaughter duos youve ever met.
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