Lydia (Grovont) - Softcover

Tim Sandlin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402267061 ISBN 13: 9781402267062

Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark, 2012

Synopsis

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Review:

The latest in Sandlin s GroVont series, this ribald tale centers around Lydia, a fiftysomething rebel freshly released from prison for attempting to kill President Reagan s dog via a poisoned chew toy. She travels home to GroVont, Wyoming, where her son, Sam, is the owner of a boardinghouse for pregnant teens. Roger, an adolescent with a mysterious past, also works there, and the newly freed Lydia thinks she has information on Roger s past. While Lydia records the life story of Oly, a geriatric centenarian, for her parole-enforced community service, Roger decides he must speak with the author of a novel that may describe his past. Lydia, Oly, and Roger set off on a cross-country journey of discovery. On the trip, love blossoms unexpectedly for Roger while something much darker ripens inside Lydia. Oly presents his thoroughly entertaining biography throughout the trip taking them through WWI, 1920s Paris, and severe heartbreak while Roger comes closer to danger than he ever suspected. A wonderfully woven tapestry of stories, this gem of a novel is as audacious as it is sentimental and ends on a shocking note that no one could have predicted. --Booklist Feb 16th 2011

About the Author:

Reviewers have variously compared Tim Sandlin to Jack Kerouac, Tom Robbins, Larry McMurtry, John Irving, Kurt Vonnegut, and a few other writers you ve probably heard of. He has published nine novels, two of which have been made into movies. He is currently director of the Jackson Hole Writers Conference and his Sandlinistas follow him at www.timsandlin.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1402267061
• ISBN 13: 9781402267062
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464