Last Lessons of Summer by Margaret Maron
Maureen thinks the only remarkable thing about her is her name: Every farmer in town has a cow called Maureen Maureen is so tired of getting teased for it. Then one day, she hears a famous yodeler on the radio and her life changes. Maureen escapes into the bush, and atop the tallest tree, teaches herself Swiss yodeling. Little does she know, folks in town hear her, and enter her into a radio talent contest.
This book is based on the true story of the author's part-deaf grandmother, who became an Australian national treasure.
Margaret Maron grew up in the country near Raleigh, North Carolina, but for many years lived in Brooklyn, New York. When she and her artist husband returned to the farm that had been in her family for a hundred years, she began a series based on her own background. The first book, Bootlegger's Daughter, became a Washington Post bestseller that swept the major mystery awards for its year -- winning the Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards for Best Novel -- and is among the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century as selected by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. Later, her Deborah Knott novels Up Jumps the Devil, Storm Track, and Three-Day Town each also won the Agatha Award for Best Novel. Margaret is also the author of the Sigrid Harald series of detective novels. In 2008, Maron received the North Carolina Award for Literature, the highest civilian honor the state bestows on its authors. And in 2013, the Mystery Writers of America celebrated Maron's contributions to the mystery genre by naming her a Grand Master -- an honor first bestowed on Agatha Christie. To find out more about her, you can visit MargaretMaron.com.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780892967803 |
| ISBN 10 | 0892967803 |
| Title | Last Lessons of Summer |
| Author | Margaret Maron |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Mysterious Press |
| Year published | 2003-08-26 |
| Number of pages | 295 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Agatha Awards (Novel) 2003 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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