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      Spence and Lila

      by Bobbie Ann Mason
      Published
      Jun 1988
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      Since the night they eloped as teenagers over forty years ago, Spence and Lila have spent a lifetime together. Now Lila has been diagnosed with breast cancer and faces surgery. Spence visits her in the hospital, but the notion of losing his wife is sometimes more than he can bear. He retreats to his fields, to his dog, and to the garden Lila has tended so lovingly through the years.

      While the children rally to their mother and the neighbors stock the refrigerator, Spence and Lila each recall moments, spent together and apart, that have infused their shared life with subtle, unspoken meaning. Harmoniously, their strands of memory twine into a single narrative, revealing the humor, perseverance, and faith essential to turning two ordinary people into one enduring and happy union.

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      Jan 1989 HarperCollins ISBN13 9780060915599 ISBN10 0060915595
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      May 1998 Ecco Press ISBN13 9780880015943 ISBN10 0880015942
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      First Edition Jan 1988 HarperCollins ISBN13 9780060159115 ISBN10 0060159111
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      Jun 1990 Harper & Row ISBN13 9781559941297 ISBN10 1559941294
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      Jan 1989 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9780896212244 ISBN10 0896212246
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