Rope & bone
Subtitle: a novel in stories
By: Ginnah Howard
Publisher: Published by Illume Writers & Artists
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Gilbertsville, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9781500338947
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Female friendship; Fiction; Families
Other titles: Rope and bone :
Description: "Rope & Bone's thirty-four story/chapters span the years from 1946 to 1993. The novel opens in 1984 on Chicken Farm Road when Del Merrick, an art teacher living without plumbing or electricity, enlists help in changing a flat tire from Carla Morletti, a member of the Pagan Biker's auxiliary, now studying for her G.E.D. This chance connection between these two women will reroute their lives and the lives of their children. The first section of the novel, "Wildest Dreams," flashes back to pivotal moments in the past. Part 2, "Castanets," tells of Carla and Del's misadventures as they try to raise their kids, get their old cars started on subzero mornings, and put in enough wood to get through until April-- at the same time they're testing their theory: a good man's hard to find. In Part 3, "Shelter," Carla and Del's friendship darkens as their children's lives become more chaotic" --
Notes: "Rope & bone is Book 1 of a trilogy. Book 2, Night Navigation (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009), focues on Del and her son, Mark Merrick. Book 3, Doing Time Outside (Standing Stone Books 2013), turns back toward the Morlettis: Carla and her daughter and son, Tess and Rudy. Each of the novels is written to stand alone" -- preliminary pages.