Real Life - A Novel

Dorrie Gilbert, a potter who lives alone, is completely unprepared for motherhood when her oddball, overweight, and orphaned nephew, Hugo, comes to live with her, demanding to know the truth about his parents and horrified that she doesn’t own a television so he can watch the soap opera he’s devoted to. As Dorrie and Hugo attempt to work things out, each learns some hard and surprising, but deeply satisfying truths about real life.

About the author

Kitty Burns Florey

Summary

Dorrie Gilbert, a potter who lives alone, is completely unprepared for motherhood when her oddball, overweight, and orphaned nephew, Hugo, comes to live with her, demanding to know the truth about his parents and horrified that she doesn’t own a television so he can watch the soap opera he’s devoted to. As Dorrie and Hugo attempt to work things out, each learns some hard and surprising, but deeply satisfying truths about real life.

Additional text

“Heartwarming and convincing.” —The Washington Post
 
“Irresistible, endearing, affecting.” —Kirkus Reviews

Product details

• Authors: Kitty Burns Florey
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.02.2015
• EAN: 9781497693562
• ISBN: 978-1-4976-9356-2
• No. of pages: 250
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 322 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Thriller, ebook, Fiction