Milkweed
Subtitle: a novel
By: Mary Gardner.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Papier-Mache Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Watsonville, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction.; Middle West -- Fiction.
Description: The story of a crotchety landlady, 70-year-old Susan McIntire whose life took a wrong turn when her parents were murdered. She married a dull farmer and had three children who gave her problems. One was obstinate, another ran away and a third died. Now she runs a boarding house in Minnesota. A character sketch by the author of Keeping Warm.