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Author: Anne Lamott
First Published: 2002
Type of Work: Novel
Time of Work: The late 1990’s to the early 2000’s
Setting: In and around Marin County, California
Principal Characters: Mattie Ryder, Isa, Harry, Ella, Daniel, Nicky, Al, Abby Grann, Noah
Genres: Long fiction
Subjects: Child rearing or parenting, Husbands, Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Twenty-first century, California, Fathers, Single parents or single-parent families, Adultery, Women, Divorce, Single people, 1990’s, Pets, Old age or elderly people, 2000’s
Locales: Marin County, CA

Mattie Ryder, newly separated from her husband, Nicky, has moved back into the home where she was raised after her widowed mother, Isa, moves to The Sequoias, a retirement home. The house is in need of many repairs, and Mattie is especially bothered by the rats she hears in the walls and ceilings. When she calls an exterminator to clear out the rats, the company sends out Daniel. It is his first day on the job and, unable to stand the thought of killing animals, he quits on the spot. Mattie feels sorry for him and offers to pay him to chop wood for her, although she has very little...

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