02172cam a2200337 i 4500 371325079 TxAuBib 20190315120000.0 190129s2019||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u bl2019003160 9780062888273 27.99 0062888277 27.99 eng rda TxAuBib rda McCracken, Elizabeth. Bowlaway [LARGE PRINT] : a novel / Elizabeth McCracken. First HarperLuxe edition. New York, NY : HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] 504 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Larger print"--Spine. From the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century--nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin, and fifteen pounds of gold on her person--Bertha Truitt is an enigma to everyone in Salford, Massachusetts. She has no past to speak of, or at least none she is willing to reveal, and her mysterious origin scandalizes and intrigues the townspeople, as does her choice to marry and start a family with Leviticus Sprague, the doctor who revived her. But Bertha is plucky, tenacious, and entrepreneurial, and the bowling alley she opens quickly becomes Salford's most defining landmark--with Bertha its most notable resident. When Bertha dies in a freak accident, her past resurfaces in the form of a heretofore-unheard-of son, who arrives in Salford claiming he is heir apparent to Truitt Alleys. Soon it becomes clear that, even in her death, Bertha's defining spirit and the implications of her obfuscations live on, infecting and affecting future generations through inheritance battles, murky paternities, and hidden wills. 20190315. Summers, Rowena 1932- Families Massachusetts Fiction. Bowling alleys Fiction. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. Large print books.