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02981aam a22005058i 4500 001 01BF1BBE2CB411EC86BBCA982EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211014010017 007 tb 008 210430t20212021meu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2021020101 020 $a 1432890638 020 $a 9781432890636 035 $a (OCoLC)1249705821 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BKL $d OCLCO $d JPL $d ILC $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 10 $a PS3563.O528 $b M77 2021 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Monroe, Mary, $e author. 245 10 $a Mrs. Wiggins / $c Mary Monroe. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2021. 300 $a 483 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm. 340 $n large print. $2 rda 490 1 $a Thorndike press large print Black voices 500 $a Includes a Reading group guide with discussion questions. 520 $a "The daughter of a prostitute mother and an alcoholic father, Maggie Franklin knew her only way out was to marry someone upstanding and church-going. Someone like Hubert Wiggins, the most eligible man in Lexington, Alabama--and the son of its most revered preacher. Proper and prosperous, Hubert is glad to finally have a wife, even one with Maggie's background. For Hubert has a secret he desperately needs to stay hidden. And Maggie's unexpected charm, elegance, and religious devotion makes her the perfect partner in lies... Their surprising union makes the Wigginses the town's most envied couple--complete with a son, Claude, whom Maggie idolizes. Until he falls in love with the worst possible fianceÌe. Terrified, Maggie won't let this woman destroy her son. And when her employer's brother sexually harasses her, Maggie knows something needs to be done about him as well. In fact, she realizes there are an awful lot of "disruptive" people who should be eliminated from her perfect world... But the more Maggie tries to take control, the more obstacles are thrown in her way. And when it seems like the one person she always expected to be there is starting to drift away, Maggie will play one final, merciless game to secure what she's fought so hard to earn"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a African Americans $v Fiction. 650 0 $a African American families $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Secrecy $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Families $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 655 7 $a Urban fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Domestic fiction. $2 lcgft 830 0 $a Thorndike Press Large Print Black Voices. 941 $a 4 945 $a lpt 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20230713014128.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630014639.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220517010407.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20220104011055.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=01BF1BBE2CB411EC86BBCA982EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search