The Book of Polly [electronic resource] : A Novel
Kathy Hepinstall2017
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For readers of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, Joshilyn Jackson, and Fannie Flagg, with
a touch of Terms of Endearment
A laugh-out-loud funny yet poignant novel about a daughter determined not only
to keep her mother among the living but to find out the secrets of her
long-buried past
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 prece...
Main title:
The Book of Polly [electronic resource] : A Novel / Kathy Hepinstall
Author:
Kathy Hepinstall, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin Books, 2017
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (336 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780399562112
Language:
English
BRN:
433375
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |