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“Gracie C. McKeever (c) December 2011
As a five-year-old, Holly Greer lost not only her mother to a terrible accident, but her father when, after her mother's funeral, her father dropped her off at her grandfather's farm and didn't return.
Holly grows up missing her father, waiting for him to return and hating him for leaving her. She finally resigns herself to life with her grandfather, and just as she's getting used to having him around and being around him, Holly's grandfather is diagnosed with a terminal illness. How he wants to handle his last days and what Holly wants becomes a serious bone of contention and colors Holly's approach to life with her loyal boyfriend Lyle.
With the loss of her grandfather, Holly escapes in alcohol, living up to the family legacy without really knowing what it is.
Her father Wylie, is dealing with is grief living as a drifter, traveling from one town to another and from one job to another, but never really going too far away from his and his wife's former home in North Carolina.
Holly becomes obsessed with finding her father and makes it her business to hunt him down, but what she discovers might not be what she think she's been wanting all these years.
A heartfelt and well-written drama about a family's dysfunction and how each member handles the diversity that life throws at him or her, especially when the diversity is in the form of lies told by the ones they trust the most. ”
Gracie wrote this review Sunday, January 1, 2012.
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