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really enjoyed this story of a family of survivors. They survived everything from alcoholism to abandonment. I laughed out loud when Avel paid the two bar flys *not* to strip. I loved Ione's nuggets of wisdom about life and aging. This was one of the easiest books I've read in awhile. It starts out at a slow pace, charming you along the way. Before I knew it I was completely caught up and lost to all but the pull of the story itself.
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I listened to this on tape from the library a number of years ago. The narrator's phony Minnesota accent almost drove me crazy but the story was okay. Patty Jane opens a beauty parlor after her husband leaves her and her infant daughter. The book tells the story of Patty Jane, her sister, her mother, her daughter and the women who come to the beauty parlor.
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This was the first Lorna Landvik book I read. I liked it, but it has a bit of a darker side too.
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