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Bowlaway : a novel / Elizabeth McCracken.

Summary:

From the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century - with nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin, and fifteen pounds of gold on her person - Bertha Truitt is an enigma to everyone in Salford, Massachusetts. She has no past to speak of, or at least none she is willing to reveal, and her mysterious origin scadalizes and intrigues the townspeople, as does her choice to marry and start a family with Leviticus Sprague, the doctor who revived her. But Bertha is plucky, tenacious, and entrepreneurial, and the bowling alley she opens quickly becomes Salford's most defining landmark - with Bertha as its most notable resident. When Bertha dies in a freak accident, her past resurfaces in the form of a heretofore-unheard-of son, who arrives in Salford claiming he is heir apparent to Truitt's Alleys. Soon it becomes clear that, even in her death, Bertha's defining spirit and the implications of her obfuscations live on, infecting and affecting future generations through inheritance battles, murky paternities, and hidden wills.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062862853 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 0062862855 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 373 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Subject: Families > Massachusetts > Fiction.
Bowling alleys > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Easton Area Public Library System. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Easton Main Library MCCRACKEN (Text) 31901004316396 Adult Fiction Available -
Abington Community Library FICTION MCCRACK (Text) 50687011615393 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION MCCRACK (Text) 50686015458933 Adult Fiction Available -
Allentown Public Library MCCRACKEN, ELIZABETH (Text) 34455006534735 Adult Fiction Available -
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Cambria County Library FICTION McCra (Text) 85131001656454 CACM Fiction Available -
Clymer Library FIC McC (Text) 32596000397645 Adult Fiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults MCC Fiction (Text) 34001001355658 Adult Area Checked Out 05/08/2024
Ellwood City Area Public Library FIC McCracken (Text) 32102000864237 ECAM Fiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library FIC McCRACKEN, ELIZABETH (Text) 36446001978934 Adult Fiction Available -
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Huntingdon County Library F MCC (Text) 30298100537442 Fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Fiction McCracken (Text) 39427103429809 Fiction Room: Adult Fiction Available -
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Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity FIC MCC BOW 2019 (Text) 31001101745033 Adult Fiction Available -
Meyersdale Public Library FIC MCCRACKEN (Text) 30512005356611 MEYM Fiction Available -
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New Castle Public Library Fic McCracken (Text) 31902005332721 NWCM Fiction Available -
Parkland Community Library F MCC (Text) 34422007113448 Adult Fiction Available -
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Bookplate: This item was purchased in honor of Gregory G. Pietrobon for his donation to the Southern Lehigh Public Library Helping Hands Campaign 2019-2020.
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Trone Memorial Library (East Berlin) FIC MCCRACKEN ELIZABETH (Text) 35740635425317 Fiction Available -
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