Lay It on My Heart Paperback - 2014 - 1st Edition
by Angela Pneuman
A wry, moving debut novel from a Stegner fellow and "one of the most gifted young writers around" (Lorrie Moore), Lay It on My Heart takes us through one unforgettable month in Charmaine Peake's thirteenth year, as she and her mother come of age in Kentucky.
Summary
Like the beloved Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Lay It on My Heart unleashes Southern humor on the effects of a parent’s mental illness. It brings us into the heart of a family weathering the toughest patch in their lives. But most of all, it marks out the seemingly unbearable realities of adolescence and the power that comes from discovering—and accepting—who you are. A moving, hilarious portrayal of the relationship between mothers and daughters, this book fulfills Angela Pneuman’s promise as “one of the most astonishingly talented writers today”(Julie Orringer).
From the jacket flap
It s summer in Kentucky, the low ceiling of August pressing down on Charmaine Peake and the town of East Winder. Charmaine and her mother get along better with a room between them, but they ve been forced by circumstances to relocate to a tiny trailer by the river. The last of a line of local holy men, Charmaine s father has turned from prophet to patient, his revelation lost in the clarifying haze of medication. Her sure-minded grandmother has suffered a stroke. At church, where she has always felt most certain, Charmaine is tested when she uncovers that her archrival, a sanctimonious missionary kid, carries a dark, confusing secret. Suddenly her life can be sorted into what she wishes she knew and what she wishes she didn t.
A moving, hilarious portrait of mothers and daughters, Lay It on My Heart brings us into the heart of a family weathering the toughest patch of their lives. But most of all, it marks out the seemingly unbearable realities of growing up, the strength that comes from finding real friendship, and the power of discovering and accepting who you are.
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Details
- Title Lay It on My Heart
- Author Angela Pneuman
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Paperbacks
- Date 2014-07-01
- ISBN 9780151012589 / 015101258X
- Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.21 x 5.41 x 0.78 in (20.85 x 13.74 x 1.98 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: South
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Mothers and daughters, Teenage girls
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013045636
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Booklist, 07/01/2014, Page 33
- Kirkus Reviews, 07/01/2014, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 07/21/2014, Page 0
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