One Sweet Quarrel
Written by Deirdre McNamer and Nancy Pearl
Narrated by Nancy Pearl and Joyce Bean
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Brother and sister Jerry and Daisy Lou Malone leave behind their provincial Midwestern upbringing to test their mettle in the big, beckoning world of 1920s America. For Jerry, the future lies west, with like-minded pioneer souls keen to play the “land game” as homesteaders on the Great Plains. Daisy, in turn, heads for the lights and luxe life of New York City, hoping to sing her way to stardom.
But fate and failing fortunes reunite them in tiny Shelby, Montana—and draw them into the 1923 Dempsey-Gibbons World Heavyweight Championship, the faltering town’s grand scheme to save itself from economic ruin. And for a moment as fleeting and spectacular as Halley’s Comet, these American dreamers will savor the sweet taste of an extraordinary life.
Deirdre McNamer
A native of Montana, Deirdre McNamer grew up in Conrad and Cut Bank. In addition to One Sweet Quarrel (a New York Times Notable Book of 1994), she is the author of the acclaimed novels Rima in the Weeds (winner of the 1992 Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award), My Russian (a New York Times Notable Book of 1999), and Red Rover (winner of the 2007 Montana Book Award from the Montana Library Association, and named a Best Book of 2007 by Artforum, the Washington Post, the LA Times, Bloomberg News, and the Rocky Mountain News). She teaches creative writing at the University of Montana.
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