Bowlaway: A Novel

Synopsis

A Sweeping And Enchanting New Novel From The Widely Beloved, Award-winning Author Elizabeth Mccracken About Three Generations Of An Unconventional New England Family Who Own And Operate A Candlepin Bowling Alley-- Bertha Truitt Has Always Been An Enigma To People In Salford, Massachusetts. She Was Discovered Unconscious In A Cemetery At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century-- Nothing But A Bowling Ball, A Candlepin, And Fifteen Pounds Of Gold On Her Person. She Marries And Starts A Family With Leviticus Sprague, The Doctor Who Revived Her. The Bowling Alley She Opens Quickly Becomes Salford's Most Defining Landmark. When Bertha Dies In A Freak Accident, Her Heretofore-unheard-of Son Arrives, Claiming Truitt Alleys. This Begins Generations Of Inheritance Battles, Murky Paternities, And Hidden Wills. -- Adapted From Jacket Elizabeth Mccracken.