Jerome Mark Antil
MAMMA'S MOON
- Little York Books
- 2022
- Taschenbuch
- 440 Seiten
- ISBN 9781737857259
"A delightfully quirky tale both unpredictable and affecting."An adventure- driven novel chronicles an eventful road trip taken by a dying man and the Cajun French version of Forrest Gump. Boudreaux Clemont Finch generally responds to Peck-short for Peckerwood-a moniker he was given as a child for his imprudent loquaciousness. Peck works at a hospice in Carencro, Louisiana, as a yardman and caretaker, and one of the patients-Gabe Jordan-conspires to escape with his help. Gabe, an older man who's dying from stomach cancer, is a widower whose son died while serving in Iraq. He wants to make his way to Newport, Rhode Island, for a jazz festival there, but due to Peck's errant navigation, they find themselves in New Orleans. Gabe decides to make the best of their detour, and they head to famous Frenchman Street to hear some jazz. There, Gabe meets Sasha, the owner of
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