The book of Polly : a novel
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The book of Polly : a novel
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The work The book of Polly : a novel represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Audio, Nonmusical, Sounds, Music.
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- The book of Polly : a novel
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Kathy Hepinstall
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- With a kick like the best hot sauce, this is the laugh-out-loud story of a girl determined to keep up with her aging, crazy-as-a-fox mother. "If you ever pined for a mother who would take a hunting falcon as her wingman to a parent-teacher conference, Polly is the gal for you. Delicious."--Mark Childress, author of Crazy in Alabama. 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 chase 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 bigger-than-life Polly. Willow is desperately hungry for clues to the family life that preceded her, and especially Polly's life pre-Willow. Why did she leave her hometown of Bethel, Louisiana, fifty years ago and vow never to return? 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 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 you'll come to know one of the most unforgettable mother-daughter duos you've ever met
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- technical information on music
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- PS3558.E577
- Literary text for sound recordings
- fiction
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Jenna Lamia
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
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