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Clock Dance /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018Copyright date: �2018Edition: First editionDescription: 291 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780525521228
  • 0525521224
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Clock dance.DDC classification:
  • 813/.54 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3570.Y45 C58 2018
Summary: Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother, yet the prospect is dimming. So, when Willa receives a phone call from a stranger, telling her that her son's ex-girlfriend has been shot, she drops everything and flies across the country to Baltimore. The impulsive decision to look after this woman and her nine-year-old daughter will lead Willa into uncharted territory--surrounded by eccentric neighbors, plunged into the rituals that make a community a family, and forced to find solace in unexpected places.
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F F Chamberlin Free Public Library Fiction F TYL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000555460

"This is a Borzoi book."

Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother, yet the prospect is dimming. So, when Willa receives a phone call from a stranger, telling her that her son's ex-girlfriend has been shot, she drops everything and flies across the country to Baltimore. The impulsive decision to look after this woman and her nine-year-old daughter will lead Willa into uncharted territory--surrounded by eccentric neighbors, plunged into the rituals that make a community a family, and forced to find solace in unexpected places.

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