Lost souls at the Neptune Inn : a novel /

Lost souls at the Neptune Inn : a novel /

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Author / Creator:	Carter, Betsy, 1945- author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2020. ©2020
Description:	325 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Women -- New York (State) -- New Rochelle -- Fiction. Families -- Fiction. Mothers and daughters -- Fiction. Families. Women. New Rochelle (N.Y.) -- Fiction. New York (State) -- New Rochelle. Detective and mystery fiction. Novels. Romance fiction. Romance fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. Detective and mystery fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12410770

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ISBN:	9781538763919 1538763915 9781538763902
Summary:	"As a young woman, Geraldine Wingo was a fiery beauty, turning heads in her small upstate New York town where she and her husband, Earle, run a popular bakery. All that changed, however, once she became pregnant with Emilia Mae, a difficult baby Geraldine is convinced is marked by the devil's tongue. Emilia Mae spends her life seeking and losing love in all the wrong places, so she never expects it to come sailing into town one day on a breeze when she's a thirty-three-year-old single mother. But Dillard Fox is no ordinary stranger - Emilia Mae and her daughter, Alice, are immediately drawn to his quiet friendliness, the brown tweed cap he never removes, his slow North Carolina drawl, and his talent for music. There's no question he's hiding a mysterious past, but will that stop them from building a new family together?"--Provided by publisher.

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Summary:	When an elusive Southern stranger arrives in 1960s New Rochelle, three generations of women are forever changed. <br> <br> When the heart finds its home, anything is possible. Geraldine, Emilia Mae, and Alice Wingo couldn't be more different from each other. Geraldine is a fiery beauty, turning heads while running the local bakery with her devoted husband, Earle-but she never quite takes to motherhood. Her daughter, Emilia Mae, spends her life chasing her mother's affection and goes looking for love in all the wrong places. So when she gives birth to her own daughter, Alice-the girl with the quick laugh and music running through her veins-she vows to do things differently. Then, Dillard Fox, a handsome stranger with a Southern drawl sails into town, bringing with him a gentle warmth that draws in all three of the Wingo women. Emilia Mae, never thinking she'd find true love, builds the kind of happy life with Dillard that neither of them ever expected. Geraldine slowly learns to be kinder to her difficult daughter, and young Alice may have found the father figure she always wanted. But everyone has their secrets, and the one that Dillard has been carrying all of these years threatens to upend their idyllic family. Over the course of their lives, these three women navigate their relationships with each other and the changing world around them. Filled with Carter's characteristic wit, this charming, wise novel is a paean to love-any way you can find it.
Physical Description:	325 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:	9781538763919 1538763915 9781538763902