Secondhand Smoke

Friedmann, Patty

ISBN 10: 1582432171 / ISBN 13: 9781582432175

Published by Counterpoint, 2002

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Synopsis:

A gorgeous tragicomic novel of working-class New Orleans that shares a deeply universal tale of blunt truth and hard-earned redemption.

Zib and Wilson Bailey--Jerusha’s two grown kids--think the thick cloud of cigarette smoke enveloping their mother is what probably killed their father. Certainly the toxicity of Jerusha Bailey’s dark and cynical attitudes has driven her children far from home. Wilson has escaped to Chicago, married, converted to Judaism, become a professor of Organic Evolution, all of which earns his mother’s scorn. She doesn’t think much of her daughter either: Zib, almost forty, unmarried and directionless, has made it only as far as the Florida Panhandle, where she’s the assistant manager at the local Winn-Dixie and must fight off her boss’s affections. So obliviously isolated is Jerusha, only one person is left in her sights: Dustin Puglia, chubby, wise, and fearless, a ten-year-old living next door with a poisonous mother of his own. The two become attached in this hilarious story of responsibility and blame.

About the Author: Patty Friedmann has written five previous novels, including Eleanor Rushing, Secondhand Smoke, and Odds. Except for slight interruptions for education and natural disasters, she has always lived in New Orleans.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Secondhand Smoke
Publisher: Counterpoint
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Very Good