The Book of Polly: A Novel

The Book of Polly: A Novel

â€œDelightful. . . funny and poignant.â€Â --People

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 ofÂ Crazy in AlabamaÂ

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 neighborsâ€”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 sheâ€™s here by accident, a late-life afterthought. Willowâ€™s father died before she was born, her much older brother and sister are long grown and gone and failing elsewhere. Itâ€™s just her and bigger-than-life Polly.Â

Willow is desperately hungry for clues to the family life that preceded her, and especially Pollyâ€™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 youâ€™ll come to know one of the most unforgettable mother-daughter duos youâ€™ve ever met.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Pamela Dorman Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780399562099
ReleaseDate 2017-03-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399562099

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Pamela Dorman Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780399562099
ReleaseDate	2017-03-14
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399562099

The Book of Polly: A Novel

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