Roseborough - Hardcover

Wood, Jane Roberts

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525947159 ISBN 13: 9780525947158

Publisher: Dutton Adult, 2003

Synopsis

Recently widowed and struggling to find her fourteen-year-old runaway daughter, ice cream clerk Mary Lou signs up for a single-parenting class and soon finds the entire group enmeshed in her search.

About this title

About the Author:

Jane Roberts Wood is the award-winning author of Grace, Dance a Little Longer, A Place Called Sweet Shrub, and The Train to Estelline. A recipient of the Texas Institute of Letters Award, and fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, she is a member of TIL and PEN.

From Booklist:

"It takes a village" aptly describes how Lone Oak, Texas, comes to the aid of one of its own in this latest offering from Texas author Wood, who has a real appreciation for the laidback lifestyle and language of a small town. When Mary Lou's husband is trampled to death by his horse, she signs up for more hours at the DQ and for a single-parenting course at the community college. The seven class members openly share their personal concerns--cancer, abuse, AIDS, absent children, and the death of a spouse--while the professor struggles with uncertainty as she ends a five-year affair. The group quickly bonds and all rally around Mary Lou, whose 14-year-old daughter, Echo, leaves home after her father's death, first living in their neighbor Mr. Roseborough's tree house, then taking to the road, sending only the occasional postcard home. When Echo returns with a baby of her own, the classmates support Mary Lou once again, hopefully during what will be a happier phase of life. Deborah Donovan
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Adult
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0525947159
• ISBN 13: 9780525947158
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 290