Lay It on My Heart

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Lay It on My Heart
288 pages; Mariner Books
You think your teenage years were rough? Charmaine Peake is 13 when her father is committed to an asylum for believing himself a prophet. Now she must live with her mother in a cramped trailer and somehow retain her sanity and sense of humor. Biting yet optimistic, this first novel will knock you sideways with its Southern charm and quiet humanity.
— Natalie Beach