Ugly Ways

The bestselling tale-powerful, compassionate, humorous-of the three Lovejoy sisters reunited in their hometown of Mulberry, Georgia, on the occasion of their mother's death. As the emotionally scarred Lovejoys prepare for their mother's funeral, the spirit of the selfish and manipulative Mudear hovers above them, complaining about her daughters' ?ugly ways? in death as she did in life.

About the author

Tina McElroy Ansa is the author of Baby of the Family, The Hand I Fan With, and You Know Better. A frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, she can be seen on the CBS News Sunday Morning segment "Postcards from Georgia." She lives with her husband on St. Simons Island, Georgia.

Summary

The bestselling tale-powerful, compassionate, humorous-of the three Lovejoy sisters reunited in their hometown of Mulberry, Georgia, on the occasion of their mother’s death. As the emotionally scarred Lovejoys prepare for their mother’s funeral, the spirit of the selfish and manipulative Mudear hovers above them, complaining about her daughters’ “ugly ways” in death as she did in life.

Product details

• Authors: Tina McElroy Ansa
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.01.1995
• EAN: 9780156000772
• ISBN: 978-0-15-600077-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 268 g
• Series: Harvest American Writing; Harvest American Writing
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Women, FICTION: Family Life / Siblings, FICTION: Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), FICTION: Feminist, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Death, Grief, Bereavement, FICTION: World Literature / American / General