The Desert Rose - Softcover

McMurtry, Larry

3.51

1,386 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 067172763X ISBN 13: 9780671727635

Publisher: Pocket Books, 1990

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By night, Harmony is a Las Vegas showgirl; by day, she raises peacocks. Despite being faced by fewer and fewer job opportunities, she maintains a calm cheerfulness. But while Harmony's star is fading, her daughter Pepper's is on the rise.

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"Los Angeles Times"

Warm and funny...McMurtry can transform ordinary words into highly lyrical, poetic passages...and presents human dramas with a sympathy and compassion that make us care about his characters in ways that most novelists can't.

"The Washington Post Book World"

Beautiful....Unquestionably one of [McMurtry's] best novels.

"The New Yorker"

Sad and sweet yet rigorously unsentimental. Mr. McMurtry has the power to clutch the heart and also somehow to exhilarate.

"Los Angeles Times" Warm and funny...McMurtry can transform ordinary words into highly lyrical, poetic passages...and presents human dramas with a sympathy and compassion that make us care about his characters in ways that most novelists can't.

"The New Yorker" Sad and sweet yet rigorously unsentimental. Mr. McMurtry has the power to clutch the heart and also somehow to exhilarate.

"The Washington Post Book World" Beautiful....Unquestionably one of [McMurtry's] best novels.

The Washington Post Book World Beautiful....Unquestionably one of [McMurtry's] best novels.

The New Yorker Sad and sweet yet rigorously unsentimental. Mr. McMurtry has the power to clutch the heart and also somehow to exhilarate.

Los Angeles Times Warm and funny...McMurtry can transform ordinary words into highly lyrical, poetic passages...and presents human dramas with a sympathy and compassion that make us care about his characters in ways that most novelists can't.

Book Description:

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove and Terms of Endearment

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