Opal on dry ground

a novel

By Kashner, Sam & Scofield, Sandra Jean & Schoenberger, Nancy

Publishers Summary:
"West Texas novelist Sandra Scofield's chronicles of the extraordinary passions of ordinary people have been widely praised by critics and readers nationwide. Never has the full range of her talent and innate wisdom shone with such utterly unpretentious brilliance as in Opal on Dry Ground." "Opal is a fifty-something health care worker who has put on a few pounds over the years but still has enough of the old magic to attract a new husband, Russell. As devoted and rock solid as a man can be, Russell even owns a four-bedroom house - into which, without much warning, move Opal's two daughters, Clancy and Joy, who are fleeing wrecked marriages, along with her adolescent granddaughter, Heather, a veritable textbook case of obnoxious adolescent rebellion. All their lives, Opal has bailed her daughters out, trying to make up for the failures of men - fathers, boyfriends, and mates. Now she's trying to cope with the devastating loss of her own mother, killed in a flood. In a house shaken by a myriad of personal crises and with her own soul torn in all directions, Opal must help her womenfolk and herself prepare to leave the nest, as the waters of despair recede and safety beckons from the dry land of self-worth. In Opal on Dry Ground, Sandra Scofield shuttles us back and forth from laughter to tears. This tale, set in Texas, is without doubt the finest works of a delightfully original talent."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN
978-0-67940-489-7
Publisher
New York : Villard Books, 1994.


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Reviewed on May 15, 1994

A composer and a popular concert pianist, the multitalented Levant also acted (in films such as An American in Paris, 1951) and made memorable appearances on television talk and panel shows, where his cynical, eminently quotable wit spared no one, including himself. Publicly, Levant ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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