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Synopsis
Meet Mavis Black, whose confidently intimate voice invites readers into the eccentric world of her large southern family. Coming home from college to her grandfather's prosperous Carolina vineyard, Mavis takes the measure of the emotional distance she has traveled from the people closest to her heart: her dreamy mother, her practical aunt, her bewildered boyfriend, her prodigal uncle - and most of all Punk, her grandfather, who plans to make Mavis his sole heir. Told with warmth, wit, and brio, Warlick's first novel rejoices in womanhood and the strength of loving ties. As New York Newsday said of Warlick, "Her literary talents, not to mention her prospects, are immense."
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A coming-of-age story set in the deep South, where the transformation of Mavis Black, a young woman who just graduated from college, reflects changes taking place in the land in which she grew up. Punk and Miss Pauline, Mavis' grandparents, impact her the most. As relics of the old South working to adapt to life in the 1990s, they empathize with their granddaughter's transition to adulthood through good-natured humor. And though Mavis' heart settles on a young archer named Harris, she keeps her distance, at least for a time, preferring to revel in her own emerging individuality.
About the Author
Ashley Warlick is the author of The Summer After June and The Distance from the Heart of Things, for which she became the youngest ever recipient of the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship. She graduated from Dickinson College in 1994 and now lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with her family.
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- PublisherEcco
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0395860318
- ISBN 13 9780395860311
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages272
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