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Made in the U.S.A.

Written by: Billie Letts
Narrated by: Cassandra Morris
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Luttie McFee's history has taught her to avoid attachments...to people, to places, and to almost everything. With her mother long dead and her father long gone to find his fortune in Las Vegas, 15-year-old Luttie lives in the god-forsaken town of Yankton, South Dakota, with her nine-year-old brother, Fate, and Floy Satterfield, the 300-pound ex-girlfriend of her father.

While Lutie shoplifts for kicks, Fate spends most of his time reading, watching weird TV shows, and worrying about global warming and the endangerment of pandas.

As if their life is not dismal enough, one day, while shopping in their local Wal-Mart, Floy keels over and the two motherless kids are suddenly faced with the choice of becoming wards of the state or hightailing it out of town in Floy's old Pontiac. Choosing the latter, they head off to Las Vegas in search of a father who has no known address, no phone number, and, clearly, no interest in the kids he left behind.

Made in the U.S.A. is the alternately heartbreaking and life-affirming story of two gutsy children who must discover how cruel, unfair, and frightening the world is before they can come to a place they can finally call home.

©2008 Billie Letts (P)2008 Hachette Audio
Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Las Vegas Destiny
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Very enjoyable in Billie Letts style.

Loved the story and the characters. It kept my interest throughout and was sorry to reach the end.

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Touching, incredible.

At first I didn’t like the narrator’s voice, but after the first few chapters I believe there could be no better. Story is already good, but what made it much more worth it was the flawless voice acting.

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