Bibliograph

Light from a distant star, a novel, Mary McGarry Morris

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Light from a distant star, a novel, Mary McGarry Morris

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Light from a distant star

Responsibility statement

Mary McGarry Morris

Sub title

a novel

Summary

It is early summer and Nellie Peck is on the cusp of adolescence – gangly, awkward, full of questions, but keenly observant and wiser than many of the adults in her life. The Peck family faces financial ruin: Nellie's father, busy writing a history of their town, neglects his hardware store, but refuses to sell it; her mother takes in a boarder, stripper Dolly Bedelia, to help pay the bills. Bucky Saltonstall, a new boy in town, turns out to be a cruel liar and a thief. Nellie's junkyard-owning grandfather, Charlie, has hired an ex-convict handyman, Max. When violence erupts in the lovely Peck house, the prime suspect seems obvious. Nellie knows who the real murderer is, but no one will listen. No one believes her, and a man’s life hangs in the balance

Target audience

adult

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