Worse, her brother, Jake, who she was close to, was dead as of a short time back, and there wasn't even a family dog to miss her. Said she figured it was because the laundry around her mother's head had been his favorite snap-pocket shirt.

May Lynn used to say after her mama drowned herself her daddy was never the same. We didn't even know if he knew his daughter was missing. May Lynn's daddy was someone who only came home when he got tired of being any other place. When she came up, she wasn't alive anymore, but she still had that shirt around her noggin. She had gone down with some laundry to soak, and instead wrapped a shirt around her head and walked in until the water went over her. May Lynn didn't have a mama anymore, cause her mama had drowned herself in the Sabine River. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. In the end, Sue Ellen will learn a harsh lesson on just how hard growing up can really be. And what looks like a prime opportunity to escape from a worthless life will instead lead to disastrous consequences. Only problem is, Sue Ellen has some stolen money that her enemies will do anything to get back. If May Lynn can't become a star, then at least her ashes will end up in the land of her dreams.Īlong with her friends Terry and Jinx and her alcoholic mother, Sue Ellen steals a raft and heads downriver to carry May Lynn's remains to Hollywood.

Sue Ellen, May Lynn's strong-willed teenage friend, sets out to dig up May Lynn's body, burn it to ash, and take those ashes to Hollywood to spread around.

Now she's dead, her body dredged up from the Sabine River. May Lynn was once a pretty girl who dreamed of becoming a Hollywood star. Mark Twain meets classic Stephen King-a bold new direction for widely acclaimed Edgar Award winner Joe R.

Edge of Dark Water by Joe R. Lansdale