Friendswood /

"A big, moving novel of one tight-knit Texas community and the events that alter its residents' lives forever. Friendswood, Texas, is a small Gulf Coast town of church suppers, oil rigs on the horizon, hurricane weather, and high school football games. When tragedy rears its head with an i...

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Main Author: Steinke, Rene
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2014.
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