Burying the honeysuckle girls : a novel / Emily Carpenter.
Material type: TextPublisher: Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 312 pages : 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781503935013 (paperback); 1503935019 (paperback)Subject(s): Family secrets -- Fiction | Dysfunctional families -- Fiction | FICTION / Family Life | FICTION / Literary | FICTION / Occult & Supernatural | Dysfunctional families | Family secrets | Mobile (Ala.) -- Fiction | Alabama -- MobileGenre/Form: Fiction.DDC classification: 813/.6 LOC classification: PS3603.A7688 | B87 2016Summary: "Althea Bell is still heartbroken by her mother's tragic, premature death--and tormented by the last, frantic words she whispered into young Althea's ear: Wait for her. For the honeysuckle girl. She'll find you, I think, but if she doesn't, you find her. Adrift ever since, Althea is now fresh out of rehab and returning to her family home in Mobile, Alabama, determined to reconnect with her estranged, ailing father. While Althea doesn't expect him, or her politically ambitious brother, to welcome her with open arms, she's not prepared for the chilling revelation of a grim, long-buried family secret. Fragile and desperate, Althea escapes with an old flame to uncover the truth about her lineage. Drawn deeper into her ancestors' lives, Althea begins to unearth their disturbing history... and the part she's meant to play in it" --Page 4 of cover.Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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"Althea Bell is still heartbroken by her mother's tragic, premature death--and tormented by the last, frantic words she whispered into young Althea's ear: Wait for her. For the honeysuckle girl. She'll find you, I think, but if she doesn't, you find her. Adrift ever since, Althea is now fresh out of rehab and returning to her family home in Mobile, Alabama, determined to reconnect with her estranged, ailing father. While Althea doesn't expect him, or her politically ambitious brother, to welcome her with open arms, she's not prepared for the chilling revelation of a grim, long-buried family secret. Fragile and desperate, Althea escapes with an old flame to uncover the truth about her lineage. Drawn deeper into her ancestors' lives, Althea begins to unearth their disturbing history... and the part she's meant to play in it" --Page 4 of cover.
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