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Next door daddy

by Debra Clopton

Published 2008249 pagesISBN 978-0-3738-7464-4

Is There Room In Mule Hollow For A Pollyanna?When rancher Nate Talbert asks for a miracle to change his life, he's not sure he meant Pollyanna McDonald. The city woman, her eightyearold daredevil and her menagerie of unruly pets moved in next door, driving him crazy. But he's surprised to learn how much he and the widow have in common…and how much they are drawn to each other. Plus Pollyanna's son is sorely in need of a father figure. But Nate a dad? Pollyanna knows he can do it, but can she prove it to Nate?

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Fiction

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Who it may suit

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Next door daddyDebra Clopton
Powerful4.3/5

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A quick reading snapshot

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Reading lengthA shorter read249 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 2008
Primary categoryFictionExplore similar books below
ISBN-13
978-0-3738-7464-4
Language
English
Edition record
OL24215320M
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Good to know

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
  2. Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
  3. What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.