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As addictive, decadent and delicious as chocolate itself Set in 1980s Chicago and on the East Coast, this electric debut chronicles the relationship between an impossibly rich chocolate heiress, Babs Ballentyne, and her sensitive and bookish young daughter, Bettina. Babs plays by no... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Bettina Ballentyne: daughter, she's the story teller. we hear her stories from her perspective. we begin when she's 11.
- Babs Ballentyne: nightmare mother who is incredibly inappropriate. she has money and not one teeny bit of maternal instinct
- Montgomery Ballentyne: Bab's father - died with mother in boating accident the year before Bettina was born
- Eudora Ballentyne: Bab's mother - died with father in boating accident the year before Bettina was born
First Sentence edit
THE DAY I CUT my hair and completely fuck up the Christmas Card, I am merely bored, not a defiant brat like Babs tells all her friends.
Table of Contents edit
Part I
1. Haircut
2. Mack
3. The Daddies' Breakfast
4. Sex at Our House
5. Thrash
6. The Hangover-Brunch Cruise Party
7. Breakup
8. Funeral
Part II
9. Cardiss
10. Meredith
11. Meeting
12. Boys in Blazers
13. Sharp Objects
14. Package
15. Party
16. Bedtime Stories
17. The Next Day
18. Two Weeks Later
19. Dance
20. Haircut II
21. Cape, Midnight
22. Busted
23. Admission
24. That Day
25. Phone Call
26. A Chat with Cape
27. Monday
28. Phone Call II
29. Tuesday
30. Judgement Day
31. That Day, Continued
32. Maternal Instincts
33. Trial
34. Goodbye
Part III
35. The Matchbook Book
36. Goodbye, Babs
37. Adults, Past and Present
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ashley Prentice Norton (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 9780547840048
Page Count: Add the page count.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 9780547840048
Page Count: Add the page count.
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