The Book of Polly

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An International Bestselling Author With a kick like the best hot sauce, this is the laugh-out-loud story of a girl determined to keep up with her aging, crazy-as-a-fox mother. Blending humor and sadness, pathos and hilarity, this is a bittersweet novel about the grip of love in a truly quirky…

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1 author picked The Book of Polly as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

M. Jean Pike

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I loved this book from start to finish. The collection of characters in this dysfunctional family were extremely well drawn and their misadventures kept me turning pages until the very end.

Polly springs to life in a curious, quirky mixture of tough and tender. Loveable Willow, her ten-year-old daughter, whose father died young, lives in fear that she will lose Polly too. Her friends’ mothers are all young and fun, but in her fifties when Willow was born, Willow fears Polly’s time is running out.

She longs to uncover the secrets of Polly’s past-secrets which Polly is determined to keep…

From M.'s list on family relationships with strong mother figures.