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Nowhere but Home: A Novel
by Liza Palmer (Author) Format: Kindle Edition★★★★★
★★★★★
4.3|387 ratings
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Customers find this novel engaging and well-written, with a compelling plot filled with realistic situations that draws readers in. The book features rich emotional content that makes readers laugh and cry, and one customer particularly appreciates how it addresses deep subjects like love. Customers praise the character development, with one noting how the characters have Texas in their souls, and they appreciate the book's authenticity, with one mentioning its genuine Texas feel.
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“Clever” women’s fiction from a bestselling author “deftly covers the complicated ground of family and hometown loyalty in this funny, poignant novel” (Booklist).After Queenie Wake is dismissed from her restaurant job, she returns to her hometown of North Star, Texas to cook meals for death row inmates.Hopeful that the bad memories of her late mother and promiscuous sister (now the mother of the captain of the high school football team) have been forgotten by the locals, Queenie discovers that some people can’t be forgotten—like heartbreaker Everett Coburn, her old high-school sweetheart.When secrets from the past emerge, will Queenie be able to stick by her family or will she leave home again?Liz Palmer’s Nowhere But Home is a funny and touching story of food, football, and fooling around.“A heart-wrenching tale told with true wisdom and a brilliant wit . . . An uplifting reading experience.” —Kirkus Reviews“A nice, warm snack.” —New York Journal of Books“This appetizing, colorful tale...will please readers who enjoy smart chick lit.” —Library Journal“An intriguing, moving read.” —Publishers Weekly Read more
Product Information
ASIN | B0089LOLO8 |
Publisher | William Morrow Paperbacks |
Accessibility | Learn more |
Publication date | April 2, 2013 |
Language | English |
File size | 4.3 MB |
Screen Reader | Supported |
Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
X-Ray | Enabled |
Word Wise | Enabled |
Print length | 377 pages |
ISBN-13 | 978-0062101488 |
Page Flip | Enabled |
Best Sellers Rank | #149,708 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #1,510 in Sisters Fiction #1,578 in Fiction Satire #3,609 in Women's Domestic Life Fiction |
Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 387 ratings |