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Cover of Moving On by Larry McMurtry

Moving On

1970·800 pages

Historical Fiction

Set in the 1960s against the backdrop of the honky-tonk glamour of the rodeo and the desperation of suburban Houston, it is the story of the restless and lovable Patsy Carpenter. Patsy-young, beautiful, with a sharp tongue and an irresistible charm-and her shiftless husband, Jim, are adrift in the West.

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Moving On

Year

1970

Pages

800

Historical Fiction

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Set in the 1960s against the backdrop of the honky-tonk glamour of the rodeo and the desperation of suburban Houston, it is the story of the restless and lovable Patsy Carpenter. Patsy-young, beautiful, with a sharp tongue and an irresistible charm-and her shiftless husband, Jim, are adrift in the West.

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