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The thirty foot Elvis / a novel by Jane F. Hankins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hankins, Jane F., 1950- author.
- Series:
- The Peavine Chronicles Series
- The Peavine Chronicles series ; volume two
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mobile home parks--Fiction.
- Mobile home parks.
- City and town life--Arkansas--Fiction.
- City and town life.
- Arkansas--Fiction.
- Arkansas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (283 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Marion, Michigan : Parkhurst Brothers Publishers, Incorporated, Publishers, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Set in the 1980s, when Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas, this Flaggesque exploration of Southern characters is filled with plot twists, character surprises, New Orleans parties and true love. The second volume in the Peavine Chronicles Series, Hankins undergirds the narrative with a whimsical spirituality and delivers belly-laugh reading enjoyment with an afterglow.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: The Arrival of a Tall Dark Stranger; Chapter Two: Bo and Lucille's Big News; Chapter Three: Best Cure for the Post-Holiday Blues; Chapter Four: The Return of Mary Lynn; Chapter Five: Granny Laurite Has Her Say; Chapter Six: Rhonelle Gets a Makeover; Chapter Seven: A Timely Call From Krystal Bridges; Chapter Eight: The Lady With a Bird on Her Shoulder; Chapter Nine: The Story of Vaudine Fortney and Mr. Nasty; Chapter Ten: Leviticus Saves the Day; Chapter Eleven: Going Back to the Big Easy; Chapter Twelve: Dinner at Antoine's
- Chapter Thirteen: The Royal (Sonesta) WeddingChapter Fourteen: Breakfast at Brennan's ; Chapter Fifteen: Back to the New Normal; Chapter Sixteen: Snow Day!; Chapter Seventeen: Louise Dolesanger, Musical Entertainer at Seymour's Tex-Mex; Chapter Eighteen: Candelight Dinner at Don's ; Chapter Nineteen: How to Restore a 1964 T-Bird; Chapter Twenty: Peavine Poodle Pageant Time Again; Chapter Twenty-One: The Long Hot Summer; Chapter Twenty-Two: Falling Into Fall Again; Chapter Twenty-Three: Saving Pasto Astor; Chapter Twenty-Four: One Thing Leads to Another
- Chapter Twenty-Five: Pink Birthday Cake and ElvisChapter Twenty-Six: The Gift; Chapter Twenty-Seven: An Unconventional Thanksgiving; Chapter Twenty-Eight: So Now What?; Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Long-Unread Letter; Chapter Thirty: Hot Chocolate Celebration; Chapter Thirty-One: A Sweet Reunion; Chapter Thirty-Two: Teenie's Bright Idea; Chapter Thirty-Three: The Marching Elvises; Chapter Thirty-Four: A Very Elvis Christmas; Chapter Thirty-Five: More Elvis Than Ever; Chapter Thirty-Six: The Wedding of Tammy Lepanto and Cecil Swindle; Chapter Thirty-Seven: Beware the Ides of March
- Chapter Thirty-Eight: Winds of ChangeChapter Thirty-Nine: What to Do With a Leaning Tower of Rock and Roll; Chapter Forty: April Fool's Day; Epilogue; Essay for ""Thirty Foot Elvis""; ""Q and A"" Session with Author Jane F. Hankins; How Road Signs Became Sculptures that Begat a Novel by Jane F. Hankins
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62491-005-X
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