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Six of One

by Rita Mae Brown

Series: Runnymede (1)

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0553380370, Paperback)

Perched right on the Mason-Dixon line, tiny Runnymede, Maryland, is ripe with a history almost as colorful as the women who live there—from Celeste Chalfonte, headstrong and aristocratic, who murders for principle and steals her brother’s wife, to Fannie Jump Creighton, who runs a speakeasy right in her own home when hard times come knocking. Then of course, there’re Louise and Julia, the boldly eccentric Hunsenmeir sisters. Wheezie and Juts spend their whole lives in Runnymede, cheerfully quibbling about everything from men to child-rearing to how to drive a car. But they never let small-town life keep them from chasing their biggest dreams—or from being true to who they really are. Sparkling with a perfect combination of sisterhood and sass, Six of One is a richly textured Southern canvas—Rita Mae Brown “at her winning, fondest best”(Kirkus Reviews).

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0553237683, Mass Market Paperback)

Whether careening through town propelling cars like long-range missiles, or laying waste to a costumed July Fourth parade, Wheezie and Juts Hunsenmeir are Runnymede's most irrepressible, mule-headed sister scat. together these unrivaled Southern siblings cheerfully raise hell-and a hell of a family-among some of the most colorful townsfolk you're ever likely to meet. Chief among them is elegant Celeste Chalfonte. As exquisite as she is fearless, Celeste kills a man and marries a woman, sloe-eyed Ramelle Bowman. And when Ramelle has Curtis Chalfronte's child, no one bats an eye-even though Ramelle has no intention of leaving her beloved Celeste. Then there's Fannie Jump Creighton who runs a speakeasy in her mansion. And activist Fairy Thatcher, who disappears into Hitler's Germany. Through it all run Wheezie and Juts, heading pell-mell into the future with their hands firmly gripped around each other's throats. spanning more than fifty years of the tumultuous twentieth century, Six of One is a joyous celebration of the human sprit-and the ties binding even the unlikeliest families.

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0553149792, Mass Market Paperback)

Welcome to Runneymeade, small town U.S.A>, right smack on the Mason-Dixon line. Home of Juts and Wheezie Hunsenmir, two spirited Southern sisters who cheerfully raise hell--and a matriarchy--together. Home of Fairy Thatcher, political activitist; Fannie Jump Creighton who runs a speakeasy in her mansion; elegant Celeste Chalfonte who kills a man and marries a woman...and a host of other formidable characters. When Celeste's lover goes mad for Celeste's brother, no one bats an eye. In wild, fun-loving, hell-raising Runnymede, everythng makes perfect sense....

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:02 -0400)

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