ISBN: 0-88739-284-9
192 pp.
Size: 6 x 9
Pub Date: 10/2000
Paperback Original
Price: $13.95
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Beyond Bingo
Violet Farnsworth & The Monterey Mafia
Joan Drummond Miller, Carolyn Livingston, Julie Houy
Vi, 71, spirited but increasingly forgetful; Katherine, nearly as old and twice as inhibited; and newly married, former old maid Sophie join forces in the quiet town of Pacific Grove to supply Katherine's dying friend Rita and her cancer victim friends with marijuana to ease their pain.
In their act of mercy, cooking "bongo brownies" and other cannabis-spiked food for medicinal purposes, the three women each have personal epiphanies. But the women's activities unwittingly connect them with Mafia drug trafficking and murder, and suddenly the old ladies have more to worry about than mere involvement with illegal drugs.
Review: "Female friendship and the ethics of the medical use of marijuana figure as major themes in this humorous, warmhearted mystery."
-Publisher's Weekly
"This promising first novel by three writers brings its unusual premise to life with imagination and wit."
-Library Journal
"Set in Pacific Grove, CA, "The Butterfly Capital of the World," it resembles a genteel and literate English country mystery where character and setting are paramount."
-Cese McGowan, The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and the Humanities
"Seeking a painless final exit for a friend, these grannies also stumble across their own truer selves. This raucous but sweet-hearted novel delivers a human and funny premise for "going out with a bang" - and in this case, with a bong."
-Vicki Lйon, author of the Uppity Women history series
"Intrigue, suspense, wit, wisdom. This outrageous caper will be a favorite of anyone who is, or intends to be, over the age of 40."
-Dr. Laura Pasten, DVM, author of Tarantula Whisperer
"Spirited, sharp-eyed, witty, this debut book pulls off a small miracle... Any reader who has the good fortune to encounter these pages will see how humor is often the best way to say serious things, specifically, how friendship sustains whatever age one is."
-Alexandra Johnson, author of The Hidden Writer
Bio: JOAN DRUMMOND MILLER, CAROLYN LIVINGSTON, and JULIE HOUY met in a journalism/creative writing class and while discussing a novel said, "We could do this. It would be a hoot." And so they did. Beyond Bingo is their first book together.
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