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This book catches up with Harmony a Las Vegas showgirl who was one of the main characters in Larry McMurtry's book Desert Rose. This is a great read, even if you have not read Desert Rose. I think that it is a better read if you have read Desert Rose because you get a great deal of background information in Desert Rose. If you like books that focus on the complex relationships between mother and her children, and the complexity of all relationships, then this is the book for you. I love this book as well as I loved Terms of Endearment, Evening Star, and Desert Rose.

The Late Child is an unforgettable book full of rich characters, a sense of people adrift in a landscape too large for comfort, a determination for life, love and happiness, whatever the odds; and a keen awareness, rare in modern fiction, of the unique relationship between mother and child.