Death Has a Whole New Appetite.When overweight treadmill salesman Reginald Baskin finally meets a co-worker who doesn't make fun of him, it's just his own bad luck that tech guy Maurice turns out to be a two thousand-year-old vampire.And when Maurice turns Reginald to save his life, it's
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
β Scribed by Edward Kelsey Moore
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Alfred A. Knopf
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Meet Odette, Clarice, and Barbara Jean. . .
Earl's All-You-Can-Eat is home away from home for this inseparable Plainview, Indiana, trio. Dubbed "the Supremes" by high school pals in the tumultuous 1960s, they weather life's storms together for the next four decades. Now, during their most challenging year yet, dutiful, proud, and talented Clarice must struggle to keep up appearances as she deals with her husband's humiliating infidelities. Beautiful, fragile Barbara Jean is rocked by the tragic reverberations of a youthful love affair. And fearless Odette engages in the most terrifying battle of her life while contending with the idea that she has inherited more than her broad frame from her notorious pot-smoking mother, Dora.
Through marriage, children, happiness, and the blues, these strong, funny women gather each Sundayat the same table at Earl's diner for delicious food, juicy gossip, occasional tears, and uproarious banter.
With wit and...
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