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Single in Southeast Texas - by Gretchen Johnson (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • Gretchen Johnson gives a sensitive and humorous account of dating in Southeast Texas.
  • Author(s): Gretchen Johnson
  • 218 Pages
  • Fiction, Romance

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About the Book



A humorous and thoughtful account of the trials and tribulations of modern dating in southeast Texas.



Book Synopsis



Gretchen Johnson gives a sensitive and humorous account of dating in Southeast Texas. Paige, the heroine of the novel, is a young, recently divorced transplant from Minnesota and a professor of English Literature at Lamar University. She's fascinated by the culture(s) of her adopted state and trying to find a suitable mate. Her "take" on singleness and the dating scene in Beaumont is alternately witty, hopeful, resigned, and philosophical. The dozen men Paige dates are as real as any of J.D. Vance's hillbillies and as individualized as the folks old Studs Terkel used to interview. Her attitude toward Texas is overall optimistic, though she's aware of the racism, sexism, and classism which her students, her would-be lovers, and at times she herself see as simply natural. Johnson has a poet's keen eye and ear, and something of Sarah Silverman's sense of humor.



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Gretchen Johnson's keen ear for dialogue and sharp eye for detail invigorate her account of
serial monotony in Southeast Texas. The novel begins in the eye of a hurricane, but its real force
is her fidelity to her subject and her breezy style that is acerbic, winsome, and forthright all at once.
What an achievement!


Jerry Bradley,
author of Crownfeathers and Effigies


Dimensions (Overall): 7.81 Inches (H) x 5.06 Inches (W) x .46 Inches (D)
Weight: .48 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 218
Genre: Fiction
Sub-Genre: Romance
Publisher: Golden Antelope Press
Theme: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Author: Gretchen Johnson
Language: English
Street Date: July 28, 2017
TCIN: 1006853999
UPC: 9781936135325
Item Number (DPCI): 247-41-3450
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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