BY SUMMER'S END
Pamela Morsi, . . Mira, $6.99 (384pp) ISBN 978-0-7783-2139-2
Morsi's smart, funny story of a widowed mother dealing with cancer is endearingly upbeat. After the accidental death of her husband, Sonny, 13 years earlier, Dawn Leland left Knoxville, Tenn., with her two young daughters, Sierra and Dakota, vowing never to return. She'd had no reason to stay since Sonny's parents considered her socially inferior and blamed her for their son's death. Now, diagnosed with cancer, Dawn has no choice but to go back to Knoxville to live with the Lelands while she undergoes treatment. Sixteen-year-old Sierra views the move as a grand adventure and settles in to stay, but 13-year-old Dakota, a "physics geek," wants nothing to do with the grandparents who didn't want her, and is unwavering in her desire to hit the road as soon as Dawn recovers. Drawing loosely on chaos theory, Morsi (
Reviewed on: 01/24/2005
Genre: Fiction
Hardcover - 496 pages - 978-1-58724-989-1
Open Ebook - 384 pages - 978-1-4592-2837-5
Other - 400 pages - 978-1-4887-9946-4