The Bingo Queens of Paradise
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 0060931280 / Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, May 2000
Darla Moon, a talented designer, feels stifled by the cultural wasteland of her Oklahoma hometown and longs to escape to New York, a move that will involve extricating herself from the clutches of her utterly eccentric family. A first novel. Reprint.
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In Oklahoma, where Kraft Macaroni & Cheese is a staple and Bob Barker is king, twenty-eight-year-old Darla Moon struggles to break free. But as she plans her escape to New York City, turmoil erupts and the demands of family stand between her and her suitcase. Darla must, for the first time in her life, cast an unflinching eye on the hard-to-accept truths regarding love, responsibility, and survival. The Bingo Queens of Paradise lyrically blends a powerful comic voice with a poignant tale of a woman who longs to pursue her dreams.
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