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Set in contemporary small town America, this is the story of Verbena Martin Eckert McHale ("Bena," for short), an indomitable woman who is damned—but not doomed—by the bad behavior and bad luck of her two husbands.
When Bena's first husband, Bobby Eckert, dies in a car wreck, she's left with their five children, a little mortgaged house, a little bit of insurance, and a big empty place in her heart. Not to mention that the hole Bobby left is jagged around the edges—he wasn't in the car alone and Bena hadn't had a clue about his girlfriend.
So now she's a cheated-on widow with five grief-stricken children to finish raising. No matter. No matter that she almost burns the house down when she discovers the marijuana farm in their backyard or that she has terrible, loud crying jags in church. When it gets down to it, Bena's backbone bends minimally and her moral center holds.
By the time she's ready to invest again in romance, Bena know what she wants. When she finds the right man and the right circumstances, she doesn't hesitate—she marries Lucky McHale. And what does he do? He disappears off the face of the earth.
Verbena is the vibrant story of an extraordinary ordinary woman—strong, emotional, headstrong, sexy, funny—an especially American woman, one worth knowing and cheering.
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Bena, baptized Verbena, after the old-fashioned flower that thrives in the American South, is a survivor. When her husband, Bobby, dies in a car wreck, Bena is left with their five children, a little house, a little bit of insurance, and a big empty place in her heart. Not to mention that the hole Bobby left is jagged around the edges-he wasn't in the car alone and Bena hadn't had a clue about his girlfriend.
Bena married young. She worked hard at her marriage. Now she's a cheated-on widow with five grief-stricken children to finish raising. No matter. No matter that she almost burns down the house when she discovers the marijuana farm in the backyard or that she has terrible, loud crying jags in church. When it gets down to it, her backbone bends minimally and her moral center holds.
By the time she's ready to invest again in romance, Bena knows what she wants. So when she finds the right man and the right circumstances, she doesn't hesitate. She marries Lucky. And what does he do? He disappears off the face of the earth. Nanci Kincaid has written another vibrant novel about an extraordinary ordinary woman.
About the Author
Nanci Kincaid is the author of two previous novels, Crossing Blood and Balls, and a collection of short stories, Pretending the Bed Is a Raft. She lives in Hawaii with her husband. They have four grown children.
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- PublisherA Shannon Ravenel Book
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1565123484
- ISBN 13 9781565123489
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
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