Alma Rose! by Edith Forbes

Alma Rose!

Edith Forbes

Pat Lloyd has spent her entire life in Kilgore-a small, dusty town set amidst the rolling hills and sagebrush-covered plains of the West. Intelligent, likeable and a bit odd, Pat works at her Pop’s mercantile and fills the rest of her hours with mail-order books and the solitude of daydreams. But just when Pat’s existence seems settled, Alma Rose, a charming and vivacious trucker with elaborately tooled cowboy boots and a mouth that gallops ahead of her mind, rumbles off the highway and into Pat’s life. Inspired by her passion for Alma Rose and the unforeseen intensity of desire, Pat transforms her life into a startling-and monumental-testament to the power of love. Seal Press

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From Library Journal

Curl up on the couch with a cup of hot tea and this book by first novelist Forbes. It’s worth reading far into the night for the way it spins out its story with good humor, likable characters, and even a couple of plot twists. Sit back and read about taciturn Pat Lloyd, whose daily routine in Kilgore, the sleepy town off the highway, barely has a ripple in it until a truck driver named Alma Rose bursts onto the scene and focuses her relentless charm and energy on Pat. Soon she wins Pat over, in much the same way that Ann wins over Evelyn in Jane Rule’s Desert of the Heart (Naiad Pr., 1985). When Alma stops coming to Kilgore, Pat creates ripples of her own by carving a statue of Alma’s likeness into a hillside beside the highway. Showing a special affection for similes, the author writes effortlessly, creating characters that are genuinely warm and believable. Fortunately, she avoids the pitfall of making Peggy Treadwell, the town’s voice of morality, into a stereotype. Highly recommended.

– Lisa Nussbaum, Euclid P.L., Ohio

Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Details

ISBN	3930041332
Genre	Fiction
Copyright Date	1993
Publication Date	31-Mar-03
Publisher	Krug & Schadenberg
Format	Paperback
No. of Pages	340
Language	English
Rating	NotRated
BookID	371