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This first novel is an auspicious beginning. A seriocomic look at life in a decaying Maine village, it centers on three middle-aged sisters, last of a founding family. Marge, the eldest, is dying of beriberi as a result of her eccentric diet. This results in a reluctant family reunion to plan her last rites. As Marge drifts away, her relatives involve themselves in various unlikely and often sordid situations typical of their town. Though these include theft, adultery, and suicide, the tone is dominated by a dark humor reminiscent of Ed McClanahan's The Natural Man. If the episodes never quite blend into a coherent whole, there is the story's energy and vivid characterizations. Pelletier is a writer to watch.
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The McKinnons, the first family of smalltown Mattagash, Maine, plan for the funeral of their matriarch but not for the misadventures that follow, includ fourteen-year-old Amy Joy's liaison with Mattagash's blackest sheep.
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- PublisherPrentice Hall & IBD
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0020236107
- ISBN 13 9780020236108
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- Number of pages247
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