Title: Milkweed
First published: 1993
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.
Subjects: Fiction, Eccentrics and eccentricities, Families, Women
Places: Middle West
LC classification: PS3557.A7142 M55 1994