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- Book Synopsis
- Penny's mother Marguerite drinks too much and has a flair for melodrama that does not go down too well in upstate New York. But to Penny she also has a sense of fun that makes everything in life feel the way it should. So when Marguerite goes south in the summer of 1977 to 'dry out' in a Louisiana convent, Penny is alarmed to be left in the care of a high-minded Evangelical, Isabel Flood, especially as Isabel increasingly holds Penny's pretty older sister Mahalia in thrall. Penny may only be ten-years-old but her instinct as to who are the saints and who the sinners is never far from the truth. With wit, humanity and a bracing undercurrent of suspense, Paula Sharp captures a family embattled, rightly wary of who wants to recruit God on their side.
- About The Author
- Paula Sharp is the author of the critically acclaimed bestseller CROWS OVER A WHEATFIELD, and three previous novels, THE WOMAN WHO WAS NOT ALL THERE, THE IMPOSTER and LOST IN JERSEY CITY. A graduate of Columbia Law School, she lives in New York State.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780747557562
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury, (02 January 2002)
- Number of Pages
- 370
- Weight
- 310 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 mm
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