Love Me Tender
Audrey Couloumbis
Paperback
(Yearling, April 28, 2009)
Love doesnât always look like it does on television. . . .Elvira's family has never been the warm, fuzzy type. Most of the time, Elvira canât stand the sight of her little sister, Kerrie. Elvira and her mother, Mel, fight more often than not. Mel hasnât spoken to her own family in years. And when Mel announces sheâs pregnant again, Elviraâs daddy storms off to Las Vegas to enter an Elvis impersonator competition. When an urgent phone call sends Elvira, Mel, and Kerrie on an unexpected trip to meet Melâs family for the first time, Elvira discovers that love doesnât always look like it does in television commercials. But itâs there, all rightâyou just have to know how to look for it. Written by Newbery Honor winner Audrey Couloumbis, Love Me Tender is a lovely, lyrical look at a multigenerational family of strong, stubborn women working to untangle the ties that bind them together and uncover the love thatâs always been just underneath. â
âCouloumbisâ winning, witty portrayal . . . encapsulates universal truths about family relationships.ââPublishers Weekly, Starred
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