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Hating Harlon

Set in Florida in 1988, Hating Harlon is about a year in the life of thirtytwo-year-old Lily Green who employs dark humor as she struggles with right and wrong in a society where she believes she is an outsider by not conforming to traditional feminine roles and values. Her adolescent daughter, Marie, is a runaway with drug and alcohol problems, Lily&#8217sfamily ignores her, and her boyfriend, Harlon, views her through a skewed lens where she never measures up. When her only ally, her grandmother, starts an inexorable decline in health, Lily decides her independence is something she must relinquish for a stable life. The events that ensue prove that her grandmother&#8217sexample, and Lily&#8217sown inner strength, compensate for the hardships of rebelling against predetermined societal roles. Lily&#8217sdilemma is relevant for that moment in history it also rings true thirty-five years later.

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