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She had just one memento of her halcyon days - a baby alligator named Albert.
Then one day, her husband's stoical patience snapped and Elsie had to choose between Homer and Albert.
She decided that there was only one thing to do: they would carry Albert home to Florida.
And so began their odyssey - a journey like no other, where Elsie, Homer and Albert encountered everything from movie stars and revolutionaries to Ernest Hemingway and hurricanes in their struggle to find love, redemption,
and a place to call home.
From the bestselling author of Rocket Boys-the basis of the movie October Sky-comes a long-awaited prequel. Big Fish meets The Notebook in this novel about a man, a woman, and their alligator.
She had just one memento of her halcyon days - a baby alligator named Albert.
Then one day, her husband's stoical patience snapped and Elsie had to choose between Homer and Albert.
She decided that there was only one thing to do: they would carry Albert home to Florida.
And so began their odyssey - a journey like no other, where Elsie, Homer and Albert encountered everything from movie stars and revolutionaries to Ernest Hemingway and hurricanes in their struggle to find love, redemption,
and a place to call home.
From the bestselling author of Rocket Boys-the basis of the movie October Sky-comes a long-awaited prequel. Big Fish meets The Notebook in this novel about a man, a woman, and their alligator.
Homer Hickam is the bestselling and award-winning author of many books, including the #1 New York Times memoir Rocket Boys, which was adapted into the film October Sky.
He is a Vietnam combat veteran and has also been a coal miner, scuba instructor, palaeontologist and NASA engineer.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2016 |
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Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | 400 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9780008154240 |
ISBN-10: | 0008154244 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Hickam, Homer |
Hersteller: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Maße: | 195 x 126 x 30 mm |
Von/Mit: | Homer Hickam |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.06.2016 |
Gewicht: | 0,306 kg |
Homer Hickam is the bestselling and award-winning author of many books, including the #1 New York Times memoir Rocket Boys, which was adapted into the film October Sky.
He is a Vietnam combat veteran and has also been a coal miner, scuba instructor, palaeontologist and NASA engineer.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2016 |
---|---|
Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | 400 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9780008154240 |
ISBN-10: | 0008154244 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Hickam, Homer |
Hersteller: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Maße: | 195 x 126 x 30 mm |
Von/Mit: | Homer Hickam |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.06.2016 |
Gewicht: | 0,306 kg |