Quite a Year for Plums: A NovelAnyone who has read the best-selling "Mama Makes Up Her Mind" or listened to Bailey White's commentaries on NPR knows that she is a storyteller of inimitable wit and charm. Now, in her stunningly accomplished first novel, she introduces us to the peculiar yet lovable people who inhabit a small town in south Georgia. Meet serious, studious Roger, the peanut pathologist and unlikely love object of half the town's women. Meet Roger's ex-mother-in-law, Louise, who teams up with an ardent typographer in an attempt to attract outer-space invaders with specific combinations of letters and numbers. And meet Della, the bird artist who captivates Roger with the sensible but enigmatic notes she leaves on things she throws away at the Dumpster ("This fan works, but it makes a clicking sound and will not oscillate"). Heartbreakingly tender, often hilarious, "Quite a Year for Plums" is a delectable treat from a writer who has been called a national treasure. |
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... Vanlandingham , and Get immediately heads nodded all around the table and the meeting moved on to more important ... Van- landingham left it here , said you would know what to do with it . " The sandwich was on white bread , thick - cut ...
... Vanlandingham , and Get immediately heads nodded all around the table and the meeting moved on to more important ... Van- landingham left it here , said you would know what to do with it . " The sandwich was on white bread , thick - cut ...
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... Vanlandingham , " said Mrs. Eldridge . " All I know is , it's a Vidalia onion sandwich , and that's the problem . " " We are not hanging that painting in the Vidalia Onion Storage Lab , " said Dr. Vanlandingham emphat- ically . " This ...
... Vanlandingham , " said Mrs. Eldridge . " All I know is , it's a Vidalia onion sandwich , and that's the problem . " " We are not hanging that painting in the Vidalia Onion Storage Lab , " said Dr. Vanlandingham emphat- ically . " This ...
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... Vanlandingham . ” " But I like the idea of it , " said Roger . " A portrait of a sandwich . " " Why , Dr. Meadows ! " Mrs. Johnson greeted Roger at the door . " My husband used to talk about you . What was it - tobacco , soybeans ...
... Vanlandingham . ” " But I like the idea of it , " said Roger . " A portrait of a sandwich . " " Why , Dr. Meadows ! " Mrs. Johnson greeted Roger at the door . " My husband used to talk about you . What was it - tobacco , soybeans ...
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