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A preppy young woman, Emily Shaw, arrives in California to take up her first job as a social worker and is handed Joyce Jackson and her "problem family". Joyce appears to be a whacky character, whose house is one big shrine to Elvis Presley and who is hated by the welfare administrators.
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Laura Kalpakian is the author of Graced Land which was published by Flamingo. She lives in Washington State and is working on her next novel.
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‘Sacred to the memory of Elvis’ proclaims the sign on the porch of Joyce Jackson’s home. When preppy new social worker Emily Shaw first sees it, she cannot but agree with her boss Marge that this, her first client, is not doing enough to get herself off welfare. But Emily has never met anyone like Joyce, or her daughters Cilla and Lisa Marie, or her best friend Sandee.
All her life people have been trying to break Joyce’s spirit: From her fiercely fundamentalist father to her errant husband Jack, who abandoned the family on the very day in 1977 that Elvis died. But Joyce has survived. And more. Inspired by the King, but with a vision that is all her own, she radiates an indomitable energy, passion and kindness.
Emily Shaw, not without problems of her own, has a lot to learn. Joyce Jackson teaches her the power of undaunted love and faith, the power of music, memory and imagination.
“This satire fairly crackles off the page…Kalpakian’s observations are sharp, her humour is sweet”
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“An absorbing tale of hardship, love and the value of holding true to convictions. Kalpakian’s characters are a spirited lot who totally involve the readers interest and emotions”
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