Patty Jane's House of Curl - Softcover

Landvik, Lorna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804114609 ISBN 13: 9780804114608

Publisher: Ivy Books, 1999

Synopsis

Patty Jane Dobbin should have known better than to marry a man as gorgeous as Thor Rolvaag, but she was too smitten to think twice. Yet nine months into their marriage, with a baby on the way, Thor is gone. It's a good thing Patty Jane has her irrepressible sister, Harriet, to rely on. For it's been said that a fine haircut can cure any number of ills, and before long the Minnesota sisters have opened a neighborhood beauty parlor complete with live harp music and an endless supply of delicious Norwegian baked goods. It's a wonderful, warmhearted place where you can count on good friends, lots of laughter, tears, and comfort when you need it--and the unmistakable scent of somebody getting a permanent wave. . . .

About this title

From the Publisher:

What a wonderful treat of a book! I picked this one up by chance--the title alone is intriguing--and I read it cover-to-cover, and I laughed and I cried! I gave my copy to my sister, who read it, loved it, and passed it on to her mother-in-law, and so on . . . and so on. Then my sister went out and bought Lorna Landvik's second book, and we're all anxiously awaiting her next one! Eileen Gaffney, Associate Managing Editor

From the Back Cover:

"Fun and funny, spiked with tragedy and sad times."
--USA Today

"A FUNNY, POIGNANT FIRST NOVEL ABOUT THE BONDS BETWEEN WOMEN."
--Houston Chronicle

"WARM, TENDER, ULTIMATELY INSPIRATIONAL."
--West Coast Review of Books

"HOMESPUN WISDOM PEPPERS EVERY PAGE."
--Publishers Weekly

"PATTY JANE'S HOUSE OF CURL has the emotional warmth of Lake Wobegon and the tender/tough female characters who populated Fried Green Tomatoes. . . . A unique story."
--Saint Paul Pioneer Press

About this edition

• Publisher: Ivy Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0804114609
• ISBN 13: 9780804114608
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304