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Going down south, a novel, Bonnie Glover

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Going down south, a novel, Bonnie Glover

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Going down south

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Bonnie Glover

Sub title

a novel

Summary

When fifteen-year-old Olivia Jean finds herself in the "family way," her mother, Daisy, who has never been very maternal, springs into action. Daisy decides that Olivia Jean can't stay in New York and whisks her away to her grandmother's farm in Alabama to have the baby--even though Daisy and her mother, Birdie, have been estranged for years. When they arrive, Birdie lays down the law: Sure, her granddaughter can stay, but Daisy will have to stay as well. Though Daisy is furious, she has no choice. Now, under one little roof in the 1960s Deep South, three generations of spirited, proud women are forced to live together. One by one, they begin to lose their inhibitions and share their secrets. And as long-guarded truths emerge, a baby is born--a child with the power to turn these virtual strangers into a real ..

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