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Mother Road

Route 66 seriesbook 1 of 3Next:Hope's Highway(2001) →

Now in paperback—the bestselling author's first title in a new series set on Route 66, the Depression era's famed road to the Golden West. This first novel takes place in Oklahoma in the hot summer of 1932, where the love of two people is tested at every turn.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 412 pages

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