The Queen of October

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Coming of Age, Literary
Cover of the book The Queen of October by Shelley Fraser Mickle, Workman Publishing
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Author: Shelley Fraser Mickle ISBN: 9781565128828
Publisher: Workman Publishing Publication: June 5, 1992
Imprint: Algonquin Books Language: English
Author: Shelley Fraser Mickle
ISBN: 9781565128828
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Publication: June 5, 1992
Imprint: Algonquin Books
Language: English

This New York Times Notable Book is a heartwarming and humorous story of a girl growing up as her family falls apart in the 1960s South.

Sally Maulden’s parents are getting a divorce, and she has been banished to her grandparents’ home in Coldwater, Arkansas. No one seems to really care about Sally, unless you count her pet chicken . . .

But in her new town, she soon finds love offered to her from unexpected sources—including a strip-tease dancer at the Silver Moon. And once she’s crowned Coldwater Queen of October, she may even start to love herself a little.

This is “a remarkable first novel, bursting with warmth” (Chicago Tribune), named one of Library Journal’s top ten books of the year, from an “author worth watching” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).

“Fondly evokes small-town life in the ’60s.” —Publishers Weekly

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This New York Times Notable Book is a heartwarming and humorous story of a girl growing up as her family falls apart in the 1960s South.

Sally Maulden’s parents are getting a divorce, and she has been banished to her grandparents’ home in Coldwater, Arkansas. No one seems to really care about Sally, unless you count her pet chicken . . .

But in her new town, she soon finds love offered to her from unexpected sources—including a strip-tease dancer at the Silver Moon. And once she’s crowned Coldwater Queen of October, she may even start to love herself a little.

This is “a remarkable first novel, bursting with warmth” (Chicago Tribune), named one of Library Journal’s top ten books of the year, from an “author worth watching” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).

“Fondly evokes small-town life in the ’60s.” —Publishers Weekly

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