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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780557023189
ISBN: 0557023181
Label: Lulu.com
Manufacturer: Lulu.com
Number Of Pages: 190
Publication Date: October 28, 2008
Publisher: Lulu.com
Studio: Lulu.com
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The sudden and tragic deaths of a young farm couple, Nate and Molly Hallifax turn the world upside down for those that were closest to them. Their deaths bring Molly's sister, Lucy, back to her dreaded hometown for the first time in a decade. Molly's daughter, Jennie, is forced to go back with an aunt she has never known to "The Land of Sin" (aka Minneapolis), leaving behind her father's friend Denny -- the one person she still trusts. Lucy struggles to keep Denny as an active participant in Jennie's life. But the two share a past. Will Lucy sacrifice her future to save Jennie's?
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No Sensible People tells the moving story of Jennie, a young girl who tragically loses both of her parents at the age of nine. After this huge lose, she is swept away from everything she knew and lands in Minneapolis living with Aunt Lucy, whom she had never met before. Her sheltered life is turned upside down as she meets people who force her to look inside herself and expand her view on life. She quickly learns that the world that seemed so black and white to her mother actually has a lot of ... Read More
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No Sensible People grabbed my attention in the first two pages and held it right through to the end. The story is so well written that I couldn't wait to see what turn this story was going to take next and how the main characters in the story were going to handle each situation. Each revelation was a surprise and revealed the personality of the character through their handling of the situations. The ending was wonderful, it doesn't leave you hanging or wondering why the author chose this particular ... Read More
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It's hard for me to believe that No Sensible People is a first novel. The story is so true and believable from the very first page that it seems it should be the work of a seasoned veteran.
Not only that, but this novel is written from the viewpoints of three different characters who write various chapters, beginning with nine-year-old Jennie, but also told by her Aunt Lucy and her best friend, a man in his mid-twenties who has been like another parent to her and whose name is Denny, but who ... Read More
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