The Bequest of Big Daddy
by:
Jo-Ann Costa (author)
Jo-Ann Costa,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Koehler Books
Jo-Ann Costa,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Koehler Books
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781938467271 (1938467272)
Publish date: April 1st 2013
Publisher: Koehler Books
Pages no: 248
Edition language: English
The Bequest of Big Daddy offers the reader a magnificent peek into the workings of a Southern family patriarch. Big Daddy is one of those swearing, fear inspiring relatives many of us who have been raised in the South remember with both nostalgia and regret. Big Daddy was born Horatio “Ratio” Jans...
Spanning 1843 through 1981, this novel follows the Janson family, through Jo-Dee Janson Cipriano (a fictional take on the author, Jo-Ann Costa, I presume), a young woman fascinated by her great-grandfather, Big Daddy -- Horatio 'Ratio' Gage Janson. Rude, unruly, wild, downright 'randy' (according t...