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David Foley, a lonely, divorced businessman, is devastated when his only son dies at the hands of a terrorist in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. Only the contemplation of his imminent grandchild rallies him from a debilitating depression. David sells his successful Boston business, leaves New England, and moves to Louisville, KY to be near his son's pregnant widow and await the birth of his granddaughter, Liesl. When his daughter-in-law dies while birthing Liesl, David assumes the guardianship of the infant, changing his life forever. An avowed atheist, he's often at odds with Madonna, the deceased woman's staunchly Catholic sister who, along with her husband, has her own seven-child family. Though he wears his atheism on his sleeve, David realizes a relationship with Madonna and her family would benefit his granddaughter. The religious polarity causes him to deftly maneuver through precarious conflicts in search of the elusive common ground between Madonna's devout Catholicism and his own passionate impiety. Hardesty takes advantage of his narrative's twenty-four year time frame to create a wide cast of memorable characters that populate David and Liesl's world. These include Dexter, a dangerous fugitive who confronts them in a road rage incident, Emily, a single mom who David meets while tending Liesl in a local park, and Samantha, a banal but lovable teenager who becomes Liesl's embedded babysitter. There's also Sheila, the wealthy, married, and promiscuous mother of one of Liesl's classmates, and Joel, a teenage schoolmate of Liesl's, who David stumbles uponin a compromising position with his granddaughter. Enter Justine, a recently divorced and transplanted classical musician on whom David has definite designs. Next comes Alan, a grad student Liesl falls in love with while away at college, then Nestor, a brutal family abuser who preys upon his wife and daughter, both clients of Liesl, now a counselor at a woman's shelter. As David flits between crudity and gentility, the story itself seamlessly conveys the reader between humor and poignancy, hope and despair, performing arts and violence. David's final two dramatic acts beg the questions: were these noble and courageous deeds, or evil and cowardly actions.Is this a man of probity, sometimes failing his own standards, or is he an immoralist, wrapping himself in a mantle of culture Japanese Sweet Potato may Cure Diabetes Along with Coffee Japanese Sweet Potato may Cure Diabetes Along with Coffee and Ginkgo Wednesday May 04 2011 by: Melanie Grimes Tags: sweet potato diabetes health news Buchholz & Buchholz Wholesale Nursery Buchholz and Buchholz Nursery is a wholesale nursery in Gaston Oregon offering only the finest plants from the best corners of the world BlueBell Nursery - BlueBell Nursery BlueBell Nursery an award-winning family run mail order and retail garden tree nursery specialise in trees shrubs climbers and many rare species and cultivators Beaver Creek Nursery growing landscape specimens for professional buyers The plants and images in our Plant Guide represent major inventory varieties that have proven to be excellent Fairfield Tree Nurseries Inc Fairfield Tree Nurseries Inc is a wholesale nursery producing field grown nursery stock We are located in the Lower Fraser Valley community of Chilliwack in Explore Kew Gardens - Online Virtual Travel - Royal Explore Kew Gardens is the Official Virtual Tour of the beautiful Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew near London The website tour includes over forty 360-degree Mallet Court Nursey Welcome to Mallet Court Nursery Mallet Court Nursery was founded in 1978 and has collections of rare and unusual trees shrubs and woody plants Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Treated with Ginkgo Biloba Ginko Biloba may be helpful for treating tinnitus and hearing loss If you suffer from tinnitus and hearing loss Ginkgo biloba may be effective in reducing your Wavecrest Nursery-home Welcome to Wavecrest Nursery! Dear Gardening Friends As we enter into our final season of plant sales we Rich's Foxwillow Pines Nursery Inc - Home Rich's Foxwillow Pines Nursery Rich's Foxwillow Pines Nursery emphasizes dwarf plant material specially suited for modern downsized spaces Landscape trees include
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