When Sally is sent to her grandparents in Coldwater, Arkansas, she believes that she's too boring and plain to be loved and that her parents' divorce is her fault. Then Sally finds love--from unexpected sources. "A remarkable first novel, bursting with warmth".--Chicago Tribune.
When Sally is sent to her grandparents in Coldwater, Arkansas, she believes that she's too boring and plain to be loved and that her parents' divorce is her fault. Then Sally finds love--from unexpected sources. "A remarkable first novel, bursting with warmth".--Chicago Tribune.
A New York Times Notable Book. When Sally Maulden is sent to her grandparents in Coldwater, Arkansas, she believes that she's too boring to be loved. But in this small town she finds love from unexpected sources. "Bursting with warmth. I didn't want it to end."--Chicago Tribune.
The Queen of October, named by the New York Times as a Notable Book of 1989, is Shelley Fraser Mickle's first novel. She has since published Replacing Dad with Algonquin Books.
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