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Publisher
Nazareth Convent and Academy Corp
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Marie Coleman was just 18 months old when her mother died. It was 1922, and her father was unable to care for Marie and her seven brothers and sisters. So he took them to an orphanage in Abilene, Kansas, run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia. There Marie would stay until 1934, when she was sent to live with her grandmother. From our perspective in the 21st century, it was another world -- but this is no Dickensian tale of wretched squalor....
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Language
English
Description
"Fannie Flagg meets Elin Hilderbrand in this deliciously charming debut novel about fried chicken, family feuds, and the foibles of the human heart"--
Merinac, Kansas. Chicken Mimi's and Chicken Frannie's have spent a century vying to serve up the best friend chicken in the state. The legendary feud between the owners-- the Moores and the Pogociellos-- has caught widow Amanda Moore in the middle. She had worked for her mom at Mimi's before marrying...
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