Imagine a hawk's view of the magnificent bluegrass pastures of
Kentucky horse country. Circle around the remnants of a breeding
farm, four beautiful horses grazing just beyond the paddock. Inside
the ramshackle house, a family is falling apart. Hack, the
patriarch breeder and trainer, is aged and blind, and his wife,
Louetta, is confined by rheumatoid arthritis. Their daughter,
Jewel, struggles to care for them and the horses while dealing with
her own home and job-not to mention her lackluster second husband,
Eddie, and Carley, her drug-addicted daughter. Many days, Jewel is
only sure she loves the horses. But she holds it all together.
Until her brother, Cal, shows up again. Jewel already has reason to
hate Cal, and when he meets up with Carley, he throws the family
into crisis-and gives Jewel reason to pick up a gun. Every family
has heartbreaks, failures, a black sheep or two. And some families
end in tatters. But some stumble on the secret of survival: if the
leader breaks down, others step up and step in. In this lyrical
novel, when the inept, the addict, and the ex-con join to weave the
family story back together, either the barn will burn to the ground
or something bigger than any of them will emerge, shining with
hope. Remember My Beauties grows large and wide as it reveals what
may save us. For more information, visit lynnehugo.com
General
| Imprint: |
Northern Illinois University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Switchgrass Books |
| Release date: |
April 2016 |
| Authors: |
Lynne Hugo
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade / Trade
|
| Pages: |
194 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-87580-736-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-87580-736-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780875807362 |
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