The Tall Pine Polka: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

ISBN: 0449003701

Author: Landvik, Lorna

Condition: New

In the small town of Tall Pine, Minnesota, at the Cup ODelight Cafe, the townsfolk gather for what they call the Tall Pine Polka, an event in which heavenly coffee, good food, and that feeling of being alive among friends inspires both body and soul to dance. Theres the cafe owner, the robust and beautiful Lee OLeary, who escaped to the northwoods from an abusive husband; Miss Penk and Frau Katt, the towns only lesbian couple (Well, were za only ones who admit it.); Pete, proprietor of the Shoe Shack, who spends nights crafting beautiful shoes to present to Lee, along with his declarations of love; Mary, whose bad poetry can clear out the cafe in seconds flat; and, most important of all, Lees best friend, Fenny Ness, a smart and sassy twenty-two-year-old going on eighty.When Hollywood rolls into Tall Pine to shoot a movie, and a handsome musician known as Big Bill appears on the scene, Lee and Fenny find their friendship put to the test, as events push their hearts in unexplored directions-where endings can turn into new beginnings. . . .