The book of Polly
(Book)
Author
Published
New York, New York : Pamela Dorman Books, 2017.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780399562099, 0399562095
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 23 cm
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Published
New York, New York : Pamela Dorman Books, 2017.
Language
English
ISBN
9780399562099, 0399562095
Notes
Description
"The laugh-out-loud story of a girl determined to keep up with her aging, crazy-as-a-fox mother and learn the truth of her mother's long-secret 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 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?"--,Provided by publisher.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Fiction | FIC HEPINSTALL | Available |
Chester Library - Adult Fiction | REALISTIC FICTION HEPINSTALL | Available |
East Hanover Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION HEPINSTALL | Available |
Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Fiction | HEPINSTALL | Available |
Jefferson Township Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION HEP | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hepinstall, K. (2017). The book of Polly . Pamela Dorman Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hepinstall, Kathy. 2017. The Book of Polly. Pamela Dorman Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hepinstall, Kathy. The Book of Polly Pamela Dorman Books, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hepinstall, Kathy. The Book of Polly Pamela Dorman Books, 2017.
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