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02749aam a2200469Ii 4500 001 602354AC35A611E983801B6197128E48 003 SILO 005 20190221010029 007 tb 008 190125s2019 nyu d 000 f eng d 020 $a 0062888277 020 $a 9780062888273 035 $a (OCoLC)1083877095 040 $a FMF $b eng $e rda $c FMF $d QQ3 $d OCLCO $d FMF $d BDX $d JAO $d TNH $d IOU $d SILO 050 14 $a PS3563.C35248 $b B69 2019b 082 04 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a McCracken, Elizabeth, $e author. 245 10 $a Bowlaway : $b a novel / $c Elizabeth McCracken. 250 $a First HarperLuxe edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, $c [2019] 300 $a 504 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print $2 rdafs 500 $a "Larger print" -- back cover. 520 $a A novel about three generations of an unconventional New England family who own and operate a candlepin bowling alley. From the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century-- nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin, and fifteen pounds of gold on her person-- Bertha Truitt is an enigma to everyone in Salford, Massachusetts. She has no past to speak of, or at least none she is willing to reveal, and her mysterious origin scandalizes and intrigues the townspeople, as does her choice to marry and start a family with Leviticus Sprague, the doctor who revived her. But Bertha is plucky, tenacious, and entrepreneurial, and the bowling alley she opens quickly becomes Salford's most defining landmark-- with Bertha its most notable resident. When Bertha dies in a freak accident, her past resurfaces in the form of a heretofore-unheard-of son, who arrives in Salford claiming he is heir apparent to Truitt Alleys. Soon it becomes clear that, even in her death, Bertha's defining spirit and the implications of her obfuscations live on, infecting and affecting future generations through inheritance battles, murky paternities, and hidden wills. 650 0 $a Families $z Massachusetts $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Bowling alleys $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Family secrets $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Heirs $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Massachusetts $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 7 945 $a lpt 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722061314.0 952 $l YMPD532 $d 20190918030000.0 952 $l VSPC034 $d 20190604011140.0 952 $l FJPC224 $d 20190521010329.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20190420011009.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20190309010153.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190221010140.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=602354AC35A611E983801B6197128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search