The Watch

By Moonbeam McQueen

It's Memphis in the 1970's, it's sweltering outside, and eleven-year-old Angel is trying to maneuver her increasingly messy childhood. She's at the mercy of the adults in her world--a mother who's on the hunt for a rich new husband, a cruel nun named Sister Claudia and a stream of potential step-parents.

There's also her crazy father, Ray. He's a dangerous man and an awful parent, but Angel holds out hope that one day, he'll change. It's a hope that grows stronger when he hints of buying her a incredible gift--one that could transform her entire life.

Weaving together threads of deception, dysfunction and childhood resilience, "The Watch" is a coming-of-age story you'll never forget.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Moonbeam McQueen
• Release date: Jan 28, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301392957

Moonbeam McQueen

Moonbeam McQueen is a storyteller, freelance writer and blog proprietress. Her work has been published throughout about 1/1000000 of the globe. She recently added public speaking to her resume, and is proud to have been chosen as the winner of a Dorothy Parker Best Quip Contest, for which she won a very heavy and attractive book. She is also the founder of the MB McQueen Home for Wayward Bloggers and Retired Carnival Personnel, a charitable organization which exists solely in her mind. She resides in the Ozark Mountains with her husband, Amadeus, and a small circus dog named Theo.

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