| Almost Home Contributor(s): McNally, T. M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684854457 ISBN-13: 9780684854458 Publisher: Scribner Book Company OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1999 Annotation: Patrick, his sister, and his mother have come to Paradise Valley, Arizona, in the bitter aftermath of his father's suicide. As his mother turns to alcohol for solace and his sister finds companionship in the town's wild crowd, Patrick spends lonely days in school and works the graveyard shift at a local gas station. His isolation ends with the arrival of Elizabeth, a talented musician with family problems of her own. The depth of their feelings emerges when a drug-dealing co-worker involves Patrick in a scheme that not only tests his courage but his loyalty -- to his family, to the memory of his father, and to Elizabeth. "Almost Home" is an engaging exploration of the relationships between coincidence and providence, betrayal and forgiveness, love and salvation.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Friendship |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97052707 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.49" W x 8.5" (0.63 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Arizona |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Patrick, his sister, and his mother have come to Paradise Valley, Arizona, in the bitter aftermath of his father's suicide. As his mother turns to alcohol for solace and his sister finds companionship in the town's wild crowd, Patrick spends lonely days in school and works the graveyard shift at a local gas station. His isolation ends with the arrival of Elizabeth, a talented musician with family problems of her own. The depth of their feelings emerges when a drug-dealing co-worker involves Patrick in a scheme that not only tests his courage but his loyalty -- to his family, to the memory of his father, and to Elizabeth. Almost Home is an engaging exploration of the relationships between coincidence and providence, betrayal and forgiveness, love and salvation. |