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Highlights
- The open road is the only place that seems safe to Shirley "Mutt" Hopper.
- Lambda Literary Awards (Lesbian Romance) 2015 1st Winner
- About the Author: Robbi McCoy is a native Californian who lives in the Central Valley between the mountains and the sea.
- 288 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, LGBT
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About the Book
The open road is the only place that seems safe to Shirley Hopper. She's "Mutt" to the other wanderers in train yards and back roads. Far from her Mississippi home, she begs a night's sleep in a Nebraska barn, little imagining that the lovely farmer's daughter, Annie, is about to change her life.Many years and hard knocks later, Mutt finds that at least Annie was able to pursue her dreams. Now a glamorous, wealthy and pampered movie star married to one of Hollywood's leading men, Annie is beyond the reach of McCarthy's paranoid House Un-American Activities Committee.
How could Mutt possibly take away Annie's perfect life, even in the name of love?
It's bum times and good times and the power of love in a sweeping romance from the award-winning author of Not Every River and Spring Tide!
Book Synopsis
The open road is the only place that seems safe to Shirley "Mutt" Hopper. Escaping her Mississippi home, she joins the other wanderers, riding freight trains and working in fields and orchards across the United States. When she begs a night's sleep in a Nebraska barn, she can't imagine how completely the lovely farmer's daughter, Annie Callahan, is about to change her life.
Many years and hard knocks later, Mutt finds that at least Annie was able to pursue her dreams. Now a glamorous, wealthy and pampered movie star married to one of Hollywood's leading men, Annie seems totally out of reach. How could Mutt possibly take away Annie's perfect life, even in the name of love? It's bum times and good times and the power of love in a sweeping romance from the award-winning author of Not Every River and Spring Tide!About the Author
Robbi McCoy is a native Californian who lives in the Central Valley between the mountains and the sea. She is an avid hiker with a particular fondness for the deserts of the American Southwest. She also enjoys gardening, culinary adventures, travel and the theater. She works full-time as a software specialist and web designer for a major West Coast distribution company. Soon to be retired, she looks forward to devoting more time to her first love: writing.
