Mother LandTheroux possesses a fabulously nasty sense of humor. Stephen King, New York Times Book Review To those in her Cape Cod town, Mother is an exemplar of piety, frugality, and hard work. To her husband and seven children, she is a selfish, petty tyrant. She excels at playing her offspring against each other. Her favorite, Angela, died in childbirth; only Angela really understands her, she tells the others. The others include the officious lawyer, Fred;

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From the moment Angelina laid eyes on him

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with her head in the stars and her feet planted firmly on the ground

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But when months go by without word from her husband

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