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Pacific Avenue
Pacific Avenue
Author: Anne L. Watson
SIX MONTHS ON THE KINDLE LITERARY FICTION BESTSELLERS LIST! Where do you go from the end of the line? This is the question facing Kathy Woodbridge as she steps off the bus in the port city of San Pedro, California. Nineteen years old, from Louisiana, she is running away from her past. There's a lot to run away from. What do you ...  more » That's what Lacey Greer wants to know, with her only child off at college. When Kathy gets a job at the office where Lacey works, she can tell that Kathy's in trouble. Lacey's husband advises her to stay out of it -- but what's she supposed to do, buy a rocking chair? Set in San Pedro, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans in the early seventies, Pacific Avenue explores themes of love, belonging, helpfulness, hope, forgiveness, reconciliation, interracial marriage, and healing from the trauma of war. At the end of the line, will Kathy find a way to return home?
ISBN-13: 9780938497523
ISBN-10: 0938497529
Publication Date: 2/1/2008
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Shepard & Piper
Book Type: Paperback
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