{"product_id":"book-of-polly-book-kathy-hepinstall-9780399562105","title":"The Book of Polly","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Delightful. . . funny and poignant.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--People\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"If you ever pined for a mother who would take a hunting falcon as her wingman to a parent-teacher conference, Polly is the gal for you. Delicious.\" --Mark Childress, author of\u003ci\u003eCrazy in Alabama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Willow Havens is ten years old and obsessed with the fear that her mother will die. Her mother, Polly, is a cantankerous, take-no-prisoners Southern woman who lives to chase varmints, drink margaritas, and antagonize the neighbors-and she sticks out like a sore thumb among the young modern mothers of their small conventional Texas town. She was in her late fifties when Willow was born, so Willow knows she's here by accident, a late-life afterthought. Willow's father died before she was born, her much older brother and sister are long grown and gone and failing elsewhere. It's just her and bigger-than-life Polly.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Willow is desperately hungry for clues to the family life that preceded her, and especially Polly's life pre-Willow. Why did she leave her hometown of Bethel, Louisiana, fifty years ago and vow never to return? Who is Garland Jones, her long-ago suitor who possibly killed a man? And will Polly be able to outrun the Bear, the illness that finally puts her on a collision course with her past?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Polly\u003c\/i\u003e has a great blend of humor and sadness, pathos and hilarity. This is a bittersweet novel about the grip of love in a truly quirky family and you'll come to know one of the most unforgettable mother-daughter duos you've ever met.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49587829834001,"sku":"GOR009817763","price":3.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49609976873233,"sku":"GOR013219414","price":3.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50164073005329,"sku":"CIN0399562109VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50350778515729,"sku":"CIN0399562109G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50352778412305,"sku":"CIN0399562109A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51002144096529,"sku":"NIN9780399562105","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0399562109.jpg?v=1751436759","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/book-of-polly-book-kathy-hepinstall-9780399562105","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}