VanLiere, Donna
Summary: Relocating to an apartment with her two children to be closer to her mother, Gretchen offers to help clear out the home of a reclusive neighbor's recently deceased mother and discovers that the neighbor, Melissa, has two siblings and an identity that she never suspected.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2011
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Summary: 1950 Tennessee, a time and place that straddles past and present. Ivorie Walker is considered an old maid by the town (though she's only in her early thirties). She takes that label with good humor and a grain of salt, hiding her loneliness behind a fierce independence. When she realizes that a dirty-faced boy has been stealing vegetables from her garden, Ivorie can't imagine his desperation....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2012
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Summary: Denounced by her 1950 Tennessee community as an old maid, 30-something Ivorie Walker hides her loneliness and grief over her mother's death behind good-humored independence before advocating on behalf of a feral boy who has been stealing vegetables from her garden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2012