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Almost Paradise

Corabel Shofner

After her mother is jailed for alleged involvement in a convenience-store robbery by her boyfriend, twelve-year-old Ruby Clyde Henderson goes to live with her estranged Aunt Eleanor. Eleanor is a nun who lives on Paradise Ranch amid peach trees and has secrets of her own. Ruby brings her pet pig, Bunny, and hopes Eleanor can help free her mother. As Ruby and Eleanor gradually begin to get along, further difficulties and family secrets remain.

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Themes
Animals · Family · Home · Religion And Spirituality · Resilience
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published
July 25, 2017
Pages
304
ISBN-13
9780374303785
Language
English
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