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“When jazz and gin menaced her boys and girls, she raided the hot spots single-handed!”
An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Three years after the death of her beloved child, Elouise, Mara still feels her presence when she sits on the butterfly bedding in front of the jar with her ashes in it. Mara arranges a twelfth birthday party for Elouise, further alienating her from her husband, Richter, and remaining daughter, Hannah. Although Mara eventually vacates Elouise's room at the insistence of her husband, she does find a way to stay close to Elouise. Before long, however, Hannah discovers her mother's secret.
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