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Fiction Family Life

Beaming Sonny Home

by (author) Cathie Pelletier

Publisher
Sourcebooks
Initial publish date
Jul 2014
Category
Family Life
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781402294969
    Publish Date
    Jul 2014
    List Price
    $17.99

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Description

Fortune hasn't been kind to 66-year-old Mattie Gifford. Her mother committed suicide, her husband slept with her best friend, and she can't stand her three selfish daughters. But she does love her son, Sonny, who nevertheless plunges her into deep despair when he takes two women and a poodle hostage in his ex-wife's trailer. Sonny claims to have seen John Lennon's face in an apparition and gets his own mug on the television news. Beaming Sonny Home is a poignant tale of disappointment and a mother's love that stands as a testament to Pelletier's gift for storytelling.

About the author

A novelist and songwriter, Cathie Pelletiere has published under her own name and the pen name K.C. McKinnon. She is the author of one book of poetry and eleven novels, one of which, Candles on Bay Street was made into a motion picture. Her songs have been recorded by David Byrne, the Texas Tornadoes, and the Glaser Brothers.

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