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The Book of CarolSue

Lynne Hugo

Narrator Christina Moore, Graham Winton, Melissa Hurst

Publisher: Recorded Books

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Summary

Award-winning author Lynne Hugo returns with a life-affirming, poignant novel in the spirit of A ManCalled Ove—a story brimming with both wit and warmth about how a family gets on … and goes on.CarolSue and her sister, Louisa, are best friends, but haven’t had much in common since CarolSue married Charlie,moved to Atlanta, and swapped shoes covered with Indiana farm dust and chicken poop for fresh pedicures andafternoon bridge. Louisa, meanwhile, loves her farm and animals as deeply as she’d loved Harold, her late husband offorty years.Charlie’s sudden death leaves CarolSue so adrift that she surrenders to Louisa’s plan for her to move back home. Butcanning vegetables and feeding chickens are alien to CarolSue, and after stumbling onto a secret Louisa’s been keepingfrom her, CarolSue resolves to return to Atlanta—until Louisa’s son, Reverend Gary, arrives with an abandoned infantand a dubious story. He begs the women to look after the baby while he locates the mother—a young immigrant whofears deportation.Keeping his own secrets, Gary enlists the aid of the sheriff, Gus, in the search. But CarolSue’s bond with the babyis undeniable, and she forms an unconventional secret plan of her own. Only Gary knows about the outsider with thepower to explode their lives. How many mistakes can be redeemed?
Duration: about 9 hours (09:23:44)
Publishing date: 2020-08-25; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2020. Copyright Statment: —