| For The Love of Harlan Contributor(s): Lamp, C. O. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0595379818 ISBN-13: 9780595379811 Publisher: iUniverse OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: 75-year-old Jack Barret returned for the office Christmas party and met Cydny, less than half his age. They loved dancing and entered a relationship. Cyd had multiple secrets. As a baby, someone abandoned her on a roadside near Harlan, Iowa. Now an accountant in Phoenix, she had changed her name. Cyd had a darker secret she dared not reveal to anyone. Housewives, Barbara, Jackie and Monica, who paid blackmail for years, decided to silence the blackmailer. Meanwhile, Monica's son, Ken Shubert, a reporter on a small town newspaper, sought an older sister that his mother refused to admit existed. His search included State Senator Sleighman, now seeking election to Congress. The Senator used desperate measures to prevent the discovery of his extra-marital daughter, and more sinister extremes to conceal the daughter of his wife, of whom he was not the father. Could Cyd can find happiness while searching for identity in this maelstrom of secrecy, deceit and betrayal. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6" W x 9" (0.89 lbs) 272 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 75-year-old Jack Barret returned for the office Christmas party and met Cydny, less than half his age. They loved dancing and entered a relationship. Cyd had multiple secrets. As a baby, someone abandoned her on a roadside near Harlan, Iowa. Now an accountant in Phoenix, she had changed her name. Cyd had a darker secret she dared not reveal to anyone. Housewives, Barbara, Jackie and Monica, who paid blackmail for years, decided to silence the blackmailer. Meanwhile, Monica's son, Ken Shubert, a reporter on a small town newspaper, sought an older sister that his mother refused to admit existed. His search included State Senator Sleighman, now seeking election to Congress. The Senator used desperate measures to prevent the discovery of his extra-marital daughter, and more sinister extremes to conceal the daughter of his wife, of whom he was not the father. Could Cyd can find happiness while searching for identity in this maelstrom of secrecy, deceit and betrayal. |