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1. She's David and Clare Power's daughter from 'Echoes' by Maeve Binchy. Her nickname is shared with the name of a well-known Irish river. She is?
2. Wally Lamb, the author of 'She's Come Undone' and 'I Know this Much is True', wrote about Dominic and Dessa Birdsey in the latter novel. Which is the correct spelling of their adopted daughter?
3. This is a little obscure, but I wanted to mention them anyway. Emma Horton's best friend from 'Terms of Endearment', Patsy Carpenter, has three children. Their names are?
4. Jewel and Leston Hilburn from Bret Lott's wonderful 'Jewel' lived a quiet life in Mississippi until they moved to California to get help for their retarded daughter. Her name is?
5. This child, who died when she was six, same as the author's own daughter Michele, is mentioned continuously in Anne Rice's novel 'Violin'. Not much is known about her, except that she was a lovely little girl with blonde hair. Her name was?
6. In Eileen Goudge's novels 'Garden of Lies' and 'Thorns of Truth', we are drawn into the story of two innocent girls, switched at birth. One lives a life of privilege and luxury, the other grows up feeling unloved and neglected. They are?
7. Fannie Flagg wrote the marvelous 'Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe' and another of my favorite books, 'Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man'. What was the name of the little girl that lived next door to Daisy in Shell Beach?
8. Judy Blume has written a lot of books, some for adults, some for preteen girls. In 'Summer Sisters', Vix Kline and her husband, Gus, are parents of a baby boy named after Vix's handicapped brother. His name is?
9. Speaking of Judy Blume, in 'Smart Women', Margo Sampson has two teenage children, a college-bound boy that defines the word 'preppie' and a slightly disagreeable teenage girl. They are?
10. She's the daughter of the late Lance Devore and his young wife, Mattie. She loves her 'White Nana' and rich, dreadful grandfather, as well as the dog 'Stricken' that she gets from a Happy Meal that Mike buys her. She is?
11. This little girl's father is a professional criminal, and her mother is a stripper who wants nothing more than to be a good mother to her seven year old daughter. She is?
12. In Pat Conroy's 'Prince of Tides', Tom Wingo and his wife, Sallie, have three daughters, ages twelve, ten, and seven. Their names are?
13. Danny Deck, a successful television writer, lives a very quiet existence in Thalia, Texas, along with an interesting cast of characters with names like Godwin. A phone call from his daughter T.R., who he never knew, changes his life. What does T.R. stand for?
14. Rose and Pete, from Jane Smiley's Pulitzer prize winning novel 'A Thousand Acres' have two daughters, who attended boarding school. Their names are?
15. In Anne Tyler's wonderful 'Saint Maybe', Ian Bedloe becomes a somewhat reluctant guardian to his sister-in-law's three children. The Church of the Second Chance changes Ian's life for the better, and he takes wonderful care of the children. The children are?
16. In "She's Come Undone", the main character, Dolores, becomes pregnant and dreams of the baby inside her womb - whom she aborts against her wishes. What was the baby's name?
17. Delia Grinstead, from Anne Tyler's "Ladder of Years", was a young mother of three children when she disappeared from her family vacation. What is the name of her twenty-one year old daughter?
18. In "Fault Lines" by Anne Rivers Siddons, Merrit Fowler is the caretaker of her doctor husband, Pom, her beautiful, fragile daughter, and her destructive mother-in-law, Mommee. What is the name of Merrit's daughter?
19. Back to Eileen Goudge again. In the sequel to "Garden of Lies", "Thorns of Truth", what is the name of Rachel and Brian's adopted daughter?
20. In Pat Conroy's novel, "Beach Music", the recently widowed Jack McCall flees his native South to Italy with his young daughter. What is his little girl's name?
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