The Grovont trilogy | Wyoming Libraries

1) Skipped parts

Author

Sandlin, Tim

Volume

no. 1

Earliest Publication Date

1991

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"Skipped Parts is somewhere between The Catcher in the Rye and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues."-Los Angeles Times Book Review

The novel that inspired the movie starring Mischa Barton and Drew Barrymore

Banished to the hinterlands of Wyoming, rebellious Lydia Callahan and her thirteen-year-old son Sam have no choice but to cope. But while Lydia drinks and talks to the moose

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2) Sorrow floats

Author

Sandlin, Tim

Volume

no. 2

Earliest Publication Date

1992

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"Tim Sandlin's stuff is as tight and funny as anyone doing this comedy novel thing." -Christopher Moore

Maurey has hit rock bottom, with a bottle of whiskey and an infamous reputation, she'll do anything to get out of town. Even drive two ex-drunks cross-country hauling a trailer full of illegal beer.

Everyone in GroVont, Wyoming, knows everybody else's business, but Maurey Pierce Talbot is practically famous

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3) Social blunders

Author

Sandlin, Tim

Volume

no. 3

Earliest Publication Date

1995

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"Wild , wonderful, and wickedly funny...Highly recommended." - Library Journal

One of five men could be Sam Callahan's father. Is knowing the truth worth the havoc he'll cause trying to find out?

Laid low by divorce-the result of an endless stream of poor choices-Sam decides it's time he met his dad. But his quest to meet the men and discover the truth does more than just shake up the five likely suspects-it

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