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Three generations of Foster women–senior citizen Maxine, attention seeker Grace, and aspiring artist Abbie–think they are nothing alike. But they all share a secret. They wait. For love, for attention, for life, for death, for Idaho’s warm, but promising summer to return. In their journeys between despair and happiness, they…
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Three generations of the Foster women, Grandmother Maxine, Mom Grace, and granddaughter Abbie, share not only blood but also waiting for love, for adventure, for life to start. They are all very human in their follies, hopes, and virtues.
I especially love Maxine and her obsession with getting to Graceland. You laugh and cry with them, despair and find joy with them, and in the end, you have become a member of the family.
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