Sarah Walters, the narrator of GIRLS IN TRUCKS, is a reluctant
Camellia Society debutante. She has always felt ill-fitted to the
rococo ways of Southern womanhood and family, and is anxious to
shake the bonds of her youth. Still, she follows the traditional
path laid out for her. This is Charleston, and in this beautiful,
dark, segregated town, established rules and manners mean
everything.
But as Sarah grows older, she finds that her Camellia lessons fail
her, particularly as she goes to college, moves North, and
navigates love and life in New York. There, Sarah and her group of
displaced deb sisters try to define themselves within the realities
of modern life. Heartbreak, addiction, disappointing jobs and death
fail to live up to the hazy, happy future promised to them by their
Camellia mothers and sisters.
When some unexpected bumps in the road--an unplanned birth, a
family death--lead Sarah back home, she's forced to take another
long look at the fading empire of her youth. It takes a strange
turn of events to finally ground Sarah enough to make some serious
choices. And only then does she realize that as much as she tried
to deny it, where she comes from will always affect where she ends
up. The motto of her girlhood cotillion society, "Once a Camellia,
always a Camellia," may turn out to have more wisdom and pull to it
than she ever could have guessed.
General
| Imprint: |
Back Bay Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
April 2009 |
| First published: |
April 2009 |
| Authors: |
Katie Crouch
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
272 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-316-00212-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-316-00212-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780316002127 |
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