Swamp story
(2023)

Fiction

Large Type

Call Numbers:
LARGE TYPE/FICTION/BARRY,D

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Large Type LARGE TYPE/FICTION/BARRY,D Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023
EDITION
Large print edition
DESCRIPTION

481 pages (large print) ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9798885787758, 888578775H :, 9798885787758
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"Thorndike Press large print basic"

Jesse Braddock is trapped in a tiny cabin deep in the Everglades with her infant daughter and her ex-boyfriend, a wannabe reality TV star who turned out to be a lot prettier on the outside than on the inside. Broke and desperate for a way out, Jesse stumbles across a long-lost treasure, which could solve all her problems - if she can figure out how to keep it. The problem is, some very bad men are also looking for the treasure, and they know Jesse has it. Meanwhile, Ken Bortle has hatched a scheme to lure tourists to his failing store by making viral videos of the 'Everglades Melon Monster'. The Monster is in fact an unemployed alcoholic newspaperman named Phil wearing a Dora the Explorer costume head. Incredibly, this plan actually works, inspiring a horde of TikTokers to swarm into the swamp. Amid this mayhem, a presidential hopeful arrives in the Everglades to start his campaign. Needless to say, it does not go as planned. In fact, nothing in this story goes as planned. This is, after all, Florida