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Valentine
Valentine
Author: Elizabeth Wetmore
It’s February 1976, and Odessa, Texas, stands on the cusp of the next great oil boom. While the town’s men embrace the coming prosperity, its women intimately know and fear the violence that always seems to follow. — In the early hours of the morning after Valentine’s Day, fourteen-year-old Gloria Ramírez appears on the f...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780063085978
ISBN-10: 0063085976
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 308
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Publisher: H Publishing
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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officerripley avatar reviewed Valentine on + 258 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Wow! One of the best books I've read in years! Wonderful story and characters (even the mean ones); this author has one of the best voices ever; I love her writing and look forward to more from this great, talented, wonderful writer!
tbowman avatar reviewed Valentine on + 59 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I loved the flawed characters and their struggles. I feel like I learned a lot about the oil fields and people who worked the rigs, the danger they put themselves in. Sad to finish the book.
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susieqmillsacoustics avatar reviewed Valentine on + 1062 more book reviews
This is such a grim book. It took a lot for me to get through. I felt most of the characters were so unlikable and I didn't feel the times were portrayed accurately. I didn't live in TX but I was around in 76. It just wasn't for me.


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