![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The family rises to the challenge, however, and Parr learns that he too is free to make choices. Parr is afraid he will have to stay on the farm when Evie and Patsy move together to New York City. Parr's father, an unsophisticated man, is confused by Evie's affair and fearful of losing his bank loan. Tough, rough, and aggressively unfeminine, she is the bane of her pretty little mother's life and a joy to her gruff farmer father - until she begins an affair with the daughter of the town banker, Patsy Duff, who is home from boarding school for Halloween weekend. 18-year-old Evie, however, seems perfectly content on their parents' farm. Parr Burrman, who narrates, doesn't want to be a farmer he wants to go to college, perhaps move to a city. This is a complex and benevolent look at how choices affect a family and community. ![]() Kerr including rare images from the authors collection. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of M. Kerr (Linger, 1993, etc.), who also writes as Mary James (see Frankenlouse, above), tells the story of a 15-year-old Missouri farm boy and his lesbian older sister. Told by her brother Parr, this is the story of 18-year-old Evie, her Missouri farm family, and the turmoil created by Evie's love for the local banker's daughter. Written with grace, humor, and love, and featuring sympathetic characters you wont soon forget, Deliver Us from Evie is a compassionate, vividly evocative novel by a master storyteller. ![]()
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