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Eighty-three-year-old Max Boyle would rather die than be forced into assisted living. So when he comes across teenage runaway Chancy Deel sleeping in his garage, he sees an opportunity for both of them. Giving Chancy a home just might keep him from losing his. But in securing a place to live, these lonely hearts discover a place to belong.
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The protagonist of Williamson's (Singing With The Top Down) second novel, Chancy Deel, is a teenager on the lam from an addict mom and the group home where she landed due to her mother's abuse. Hitchhiking across the Midwest and leaving origami in place of the food she steals, Chancy is "mad at herself, for hoping that things could ever be different." She hits pay dirt in Wenonah, Okla., when she breaks into Max Boyle's garage just as he's about to off himself. Max is a grieving widower "caught in depression's claws" who refuses to be packed off to a nursing home by his social worker even after a nasty fall from the tub. Max quickly devises an alternate plan to suicide: he'll hire Chancy as his caretaker and tell the neighbors she's his god-daughter. Chancy jumps at the opportunity to live a "real pretend life," even though it requires she hide her identity. Despite occasionally compelling supporting characters like the rebellious pre-teen and depressed dad across the street, the narrative wanders into treacly territory and gets very comfortable there. If Adult Protective Services is really so easily swayed, maybe teen vagrants everywhere have finally found their calling.
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Debrah Williamson has written professionally for 20 years and is the author or co-author of nearly 30 novels. A native Oklahoman, she lives in Norman.
| 出版社 | NAL Trade |
|---|---|
| 作者 | Debrah Williamson |