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Hobbs,
Valerie.
LETTING GO OF BOBBY JAMES,
OR, HOW I FOUND MYSELF OF STEAM
New York : Farrar, Straus,
Giroux, 2004.
IL YA
ISBN 0374343845
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Sixteen-year-old
Sally Jo Walker, known as Jody, is married and traveling with her husband
when it happens. Without warning, Bobby James takes out his anger
on Jody's face. She never saw this coming and decides she doesn't
want it to ever happen again. Now she's stranded in a small town
in Florida with only $20 to her name. She doesn't even have any clothes
since they are all in Bobby James' car. After securing a job as a
dishwasher at Thelma's Cafe and finds a way to survive. Along the
way, she collects some very unusual friends. |
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SUBJECTS:
Coming of age -- Fiction.
Self-esteem -- Fiction.
Wife abuse -- Fiction.
Florida -- Fiction. |
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