Southern DiscomfortThe tale of two decades in Montgomery Alabama-- a world where all is not what it seems. Meet Hortensia Reedmuller Banastre, a beautiful woman entrenched on old money, white magnolia and a loveless marriage-- until she meets an utterly gorgeous young prizefighter. Amid such memorable characters as Banana Mae Parker and Blue Rhonda Latrec (two first-class whores) and Reverend Linton Ray (who wears his clerical collar too tightly for anyone's good), Hortensia struggles to survive the hurricane of emotions caused by her scandalous love. |
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... child's a joy . " " And I wasn't ? " " For Christ's sake , Paris , that was years ago . You can't sit here and hold resentment against a child because you were shortchanged . It's not her fault . " " Actually , I like Catherine . " Her ...
... child's a joy . " " And I wasn't ? " " For Christ's sake , Paris , that was years ago . You can't sit here and hold resentment against a child because you were shortchanged . It's not her fault . " " Actually , I like Catherine . " Her ...
Page 222
... child tighter . " No , precious , you didn't do one single thing wrong . The wrong has been done by others . Now don't you worry over it . ' “ But you think I've been lied to , don't you ? " Ada didn't want to further upset the child ...
... child tighter . " No , precious , you didn't do one single thing wrong . The wrong has been done by others . Now don't you worry over it . ' “ But you think I've been lied to , don't you ? " Ada didn't want to further upset the child ...
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... child in a way she had never loved him or his brother . Edward she'd learned to admire and cherish , but she could never love Paris . He was the wrong person to be her son or she was his mother at the wrong time or it was some cosmic ...
... child in a way she had never loved him or his brother . Edward she'd learned to admire and cherish , but she could never love Paris . He was the wrong person to be her son or she was his mother at the wrong time or it was some cosmic ...
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