What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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The Second Coming
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SOLVED. Fiction, adult contemporary, male author, girl gets out of asylum and hides in old greenhouse. Spoilers ahead. [s]
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Heather
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Aug 08, 2020 10:10PM
...and an older gentleman comes along and helps her and becomes attached. Greenhouse might be off a fancy club golf course.
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And I read the book back in the early 90's, I think.
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What is the story's time period and location (country, etc.)?
How old is the girl? Why was she in the asylum?
Sorry, I edited the header!I think it might have been set in the 70's or 80's, US south, maybe the Carolinas?
The girl is a young adult, I think had been committed as a teen for acting out/social disruptiveness, and finally got out on her own. I seem to recall she was high functioning but was a little messed up still from some fairly draconian "treatments" while she was committed... She wrote herself instructions to help cope that she would refer to?
SPOILERS:
I think I remember that she bused into the town from the institution, and stopped at a supply store for some basic camping gear, can't remember where she got the money, or what her tie was to the town, but she seemed to know a little about it, and the abandoned greenhouse off in the woods where she ended up camping out.
Can't remember how the guy found her (chasing a golf ball?) but he started coming by to check on her, not to mess with her - brought her avocados and olive oil one time to help her get more nutrition. He was older, retired professional, maybe a lawyer/doctor or accountant? Ran with a genteel retiree golf crowd that he wasn't quite comfortable with. I think he was married, but he and the girl eventually developed a little thing going maybe? She might have turned out to be the heiress to the land maybe? Argh!
I used to have at least two books by this author, both I remember being great, but this is the plot that stands out in my mind...
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Hah, just finally worked it out. I started by thinking that maybe there was the word "gentleman" in the title, but that was in the second book - THIS book is The Second Coming by Walker Percy. The Last Gentleman (followed that trail, lol) led me to the author! Yay!
