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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100425191982
ISBN-139780425191989
eBay Product ID (ePID)2340405
Product Key Features
Book TitleRogue's Yarn
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
TopicGeneral
GenreFiction
AuthorMarcia Simpson, Berkley
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-055811
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisFrom acclaimed author Marcia Simpson comes a moving, suspenseful tale about a single mother eking out a hardscrabble existence in a small Alaskan town who must rise above her emotionally stormy life-if she is to keep her family from being torn apart. Failed relationships, family misfortunes-and an escalating alcohol and drug habit-have Jess talking out loud to herself more than to her children. Ten-year-old Tom already knows the whispered family secrets, and is getting old enough to want to discuss them. His older brother, Bo, is a sullen, combative teenager-with a surprisingly mature desire for a stable, loving relationship. And little Toby squeals with delight whenever she's hugged-but at three can't speak or dress herself. As her tenuous grip loosens, Jess is unavailable to her children when they need her the most-and seemingly unable to set herself right again. Then, a confrontation over an eight-hundred dollar Alaskan oil dividend check, a small fortune in this struggling household, triggers a chain of events that will bring on the most difficult challenge of their lives-with results that none of them could have ever imagined.