01684cam a2200313u  450000100100000000300070001000500170001700700030003400800410003701000130007802000320009102000250012303500200014804000390016804300120020710000230021924500420024226000480028430000210033250000610035352007130041454500180112765000510114565000500119665000460124665500270129265500220131965500290134137183068 OCoLC 20190501232452.0ta990416r19971996nyu           000 1 eng d  z96000878  a0671001752 (pbk.) :c$12.00  a9780671001759 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)37183068  aJRScJRSdOCLdOCLCQdBAKERdBTCTA  an-us---1 aPelletier, Cathie.10aBeaming Sonny homecCathie Pelletier.  aNew York :bWashington Square Press,c1997.  a279 p. ;c18 cm.  aOriginally published: New York : Crown Publishers, 1996.  aWhen Mattie turns on the evening news to discover that her wayward son, Sonny, is the top story, she's afraid he might have shot the president and that would be "one little fracas she wouldn't be able to get him out of." It turns out that Sonny has not shot "that nice Mr. Clinton," but instead has taken two women and a poodle hostage in his ex-wife's trailer. Soon all of Maine and - thanks to CNN - folks across the country and world are glued to their TVs as the bizarre drama plays itself out. This is a memorable story that will make you laugh out loud, but ultimately Cathie Pelletier's gentle understanding of the dignity and pain inherent in the relationship between mother and child will haunt you.0 aMaine author. 0aYoung menzUnited StatesxPsychologyvFiction. 0aHostage negotiationszUnited StatesvFiction. 0aMothers and sonszUnited StatesvFiction. 0aPsychological fiction. 0aDomestic fiction. 7aHumorous fiction.2gsafd