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The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove -- Susan Gregg Gilmore, Paperback
The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove -- Susan Gregg Gilmore, Paperback
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A privileged Southern girl must choose between her heart and her family's expectations in this heartfelt novel from the author of The Funeral Dress.
"Simply a wonderful book . . . bold and tender and memorable."--Terry Kay, author of To Dance with the White Dog and The Book of Marie It's hard to be your own person, especially if your name is Bezellia Grove. Relationships are complicated in 1960s Nashville, where society is neatly ordered by class, status, and skin color. For the Groves, one of the city's most prominent families, and particularly Bezellia, uniquely named for a fiery ancestor, it's especially difficult. Bezellia is closer to the family's black servants, her nanny, Maizelle, and the handyman, Nathaniel, than she is to her alcoholic mother and her distant, inaccessible father. When Bezellia has a clandestine affair with Nathaniel's son Samuel, their romance is met with anger and fear from both families. In a time and place where rebelling against the rules carries a steep price, Bezellia Grove must decide which of her names will be the one that defines her.
Author: Susan Gregg Gilmore
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 08/02/2011
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 7.95h x 5.35w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9780307395047
"Simply a wonderful book . . . bold and tender and memorable."--Terry Kay, author of To Dance with the White Dog and The Book of Marie It's hard to be your own person, especially if your name is Bezellia Grove. Relationships are complicated in 1960s Nashville, where society is neatly ordered by class, status, and skin color. For the Groves, one of the city's most prominent families, and particularly Bezellia, uniquely named for a fiery ancestor, it's especially difficult. Bezellia is closer to the family's black servants, her nanny, Maizelle, and the handyman, Nathaniel, than she is to her alcoholic mother and her distant, inaccessible father. When Bezellia has a clandestine affair with Nathaniel's son Samuel, their romance is met with anger and fear from both families. In a time and place where rebelling against the rules carries a steep price, Bezellia Grove must decide which of her names will be the one that defines her.
Author: Susan Gregg Gilmore
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 08/02/2011
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 7.95h x 5.35w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9780307395047
About the Author
SUSAN GREGG GILMORE is the author of the novel Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen. She has written for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the Los Angeles Times and the Christian Science Monitor. Born in Nashville, she lives in Tennessee with her husband and three daughters.
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