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Penguin
July 2015
On Sale: June 23, 2015
352 pages
ISBN: 0143127497
EAN: 9780143127499
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A big-hearted coming-of-age debut set in civil rights-era New OrleansΓ’β¬βa novel of Southern eccentricity and secrets When Ibby BellΓ’β¬β’s father dies unexpectedly in the summer of 1964, her mother unceremoniously deposits Ibby with her eccentric grandmother Fannie and throws in her fatherΓ’β¬β’s urn for good measure. FannieΓ’β¬β’s New Orleans house is like no place Ibby has ever beenΓ’β¬βand Fannie, who has a tendency to end up in the local asylumΓ’β¬βis like no one she has ever met. Fortunately, FannieΓ’β¬β’s black cook, Queenie, and her smart-mouthed daughter, Dollbaby, take it upon themselves to initiate Ibby into the ways of the South, both its grand traditions and its darkest secrets. For FannieΓ’β¬β’s own family history is fraught with tragedy, hidden behind the closed rooms in her ornate Uptown mansion. It will take IbbyΓ’β¬β’s arrival to begin to unlock the mysteries there. And it will take Queenie and DollbabyΓ’β¬β’s hard-won wisdom to show Ibby that family can sometimes be found in the least expected places. For fans of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt and The Help, Dollbaby brings to life the charm and unrest of 1960s New Orleans through the eyes of a young girl learning to understand race for the first time. By turns uplifting and funny, poignant and full of verve, Dollbaby is a novel readers will take to their hearts.
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