Old dogs and children / Robert Inman.
Old Dogs and Children introduces us to the memorable Bright Birdsong, a strong-willed, compassionate matriarch, and to the four generations of her family - a family that has been in the forefront of social and political change through much of the last century. Bright is a 68-year-old widow whose quiet life is suddenly interrupted by a series of crises: Her son Little Fitz, the Governor, is faced with losing an upcoming election because of a scandal. Her estranged daughter, Roseann, asks to leave her 10-year-old son Jimbo with Bright, opening old wounds in the process And then there is a windfall of fifty-thousand dollars in a supermarket giveaway. Everybody wants her money, including Flavo Richardson, the town's black leader and Bright's lifelong friend, with whom she has fought civil rights battles, who demands she take on a new challenges. Bright must confront the consequences of choices she has made in the past and reconcile what she has become with who she wants to be.
Record details
- ISBN: 0316418978
- ISBN: 9780316418973
- ISBN: 9780316419147
- Physical Description: 447 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown and Company, [1991]
- Copyright: ©1991
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- 32 of 34 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Caswell County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Gunn Memorial Public Library | F INM (Text) | 34621990784632 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
