Returns and exchanges : a novel / Kayla Rae Whitaker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitaker, Kayla Rae, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Department stores--Fiction.

Department stores.

American Dream--Fiction.

American Dream.

Nineteen eighties--Fiction.

Nineteen eighties.

Family-owned business enterprises--Fiction.

Family-owned business enterprises.

Southern States--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Southern States.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Novels.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

416 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2026]

Summary:

"It's December 24, 1979, just before closing at Baker-Taylor's, and Fran (née Baker) is surveying her domain. Her husband, Fred, is charming customers in the front of the store, while last-minute shoppers in the toy aisle are fighting over the lone remaining Atari. The older Taylor kids are on register, while the younger ones' chaos is contained to the stockroom. All is right in the world as the new decade approaches. With four healthy children and financial stability their own parents could have only dreamed of, Fred and Fran are the picture of the American Dream--rags to riches--with a family-owned chain of successful discount department stores built on years of hard work and long hours. Underneath the surface, however, the business is changing at a breakneck pace, and each member of the family is struggling to keep up. Money is transforming Fred, and the extremes he will go to in order to fit in with Lexington, Kentucky's slicked-back high society crowd are embarrassing, if not downright dangerous. Oldest son Josiah wants nothing to do with the family business, Sam is seeing things that might not really be there, and Benny and Birdie are growing up with a fraction of the parenting that their older brothers did. Meanwhile, Fran, her family's stable core, is falling for Wendy, a cashier at Baker-Taylor's, risking everything along the way. While trying to maintain the facade of a perfect success story, Fred and Fran learn that in matters of love and money, once it's gone, it's gone--no returns, no exchanges"-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version Whitaker, Kayla Rae Returns and exchanges

ISBN:

9780593733349

0593733347

OCLC:

1536516692