THE LOVE CURSE OF THE RUMBAUGHS. Copyright © 2006 by Jack Gantos. All rights reserved.
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eISBN 9781466824751
First eBook Edition : June 2012
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gantos, Jack.
The love curse of the Rumbaughs / Jack Gantos. p. cm.
Summary: A young woman named Ivy, who made a shocking discovery in her small western Pennsylvania town when she was seven years old and learned a surprising secret nine years later, questions whether she has inherited the Rumbaugh curse of having excessive love for one’s mother.
ISBN-13:978-0-312-38052-6 , ISBN-10: 0-312-38052-6
[1. Mothers—Fiction. 2. Twins—Fiction. 3. Secrets—Fiction. 4. Taxidermy—Fiction. 5. Horror stories.]
PZ7.G15334Lov 2006
[Fic]—dc22
[Fic]—dc22
2005040124
First Square Fish Edition: July 2008