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In the tradition of Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping and Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge, a dazzling debut novel about the family bonds that remain even when they seem irretrievably torn apart Growing up in hardscrabble Kentucky in the 1920s, with their mother dead and their... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mabel Fischer: the older sister to Bertie. Daisy's mother, Jenny's grandmother, Bonnie's great grandmother
- Lynn: Rainey's eldest daughter;
- Grace Vincent: Rainey's youngest daughter
- Rainey Jean Jorgensen: Bertie's youngest daughter
- Alberta Fischer: Mabel's younger sister
- Wallace Hansford: Mabel's friend, Bertie's love interest as a young girl
- Grandma: Add a description of this character.
- Daisy Harker: Mabel's daughter
- Aunt Alma: Bertie's oldest daughter
- Gordon Crisp: Alma's husband
- Taylor: Lynn's daughter
- Mrs. Kendall: the woman that Alma stayed with after the flood.
- Carl Brandt: Rainey's ex-husband, and Lynn's father
- Sarah: Alma's granddaughter, daughter of Milton and Penny
- Mama
- Milton Crisp: Alma's son
- Hans: Bertie's husband, father of Alma and Rainey, Grandfather to Lynn, Grace, Milton
- Dr. Marshall Turner: Grace's father
- Sally: Rainey's friend
- Paul Connolly
- Newman
- James Butcher: Mabel and Bertie's stepfather
- Mr. Radford
- Derek
- Nick
- Sam: Lynn's husband
- Grandpa
- Hiram
- Jenny: Daisy's daughter, Mabel's grand daughter
- Alice Conrad
- Barry
- Mrs. Mialback
- Mrs. Murchison
- Emerson Harker
- Julianne Howard
- Shirley
- Julio Ortiz
- Bonnie: Jenny's daughter, Daisy's granddaughter, Mabel's great-granddaughter
- Judy
- Mr. Buchanan
- Mark P. Stevens
- Mr. Prather
- Ted
- Mrs. Davis
- Henry Layman
- Delia
- Dr. Wolfe
- Mrs. Wyler
- Jonas
- Patrick
- Fritz
- Michelle
- Kenneth Raymond Vincent
- J.J.
- Irma Henderson
- Stephen
- Claudine Powell
- Penny
- Dorothy Ansen
- Imogene Fischer
- Grandpa Dieter
- Mrs. Crisp
- Richard
- Cindy
- Vernon
- Gladys Bishop
- Mrs. Mitchell
- Charlemagne
- Casey Lockwood
- Mr. Mitchell
- Mrs. Small
- Mr. Murchison
- Dennis
- Bruce Powell
- Bill Crother
- Freddy Porter
- Bob
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
It was a lovely dress, soft and pink as a cloud at dawn.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Kirkus Reviews: Best Fiction of 2011. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Nancy Jensen (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9780312542702
Page Count: 324
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9780312542702
Page Count: 324
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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