内容简介:
Agnes and Payne continue their romp through life in this second book about the Conley family. Family Payne picks up where Agnes and Me leaves off, as the kids see their family expand to include many new afamily membersa who join the gatherings in the little shack the Conley family calls home. The preacher from across the road takes cooking lessons from Ma, but only after he recovers from the shock of Payne nearly blowing the windows out of the church. Teenagers Lucy and Billy Watson ahave toa get married, and Ma becomes their protector. Whatas more, irrepressible Payne just happens to be in the right place at the right time, and delivers Lucyas baby. Agnes learns the true cost of a dress she covets when she steals it from the Catholic Church Bazaar and a representative of the Pope, Sister Justine, comes to call on Ma. These and many more adventures await. Readers will delight when the amo-bile home, a as Pa calls it, slides off its trailer and when Payne, through heroic action, briefly brings the Williams and Conley clans closer together.