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Honk and Holler Opening Soon, The (Nova Audio Books)
Honk and Holler Opening Soon The - Nova Audio Books Author:Billie Letts Twelve years ago, when his small roadside café was about to open its doors for the first time, Caney Paxton ordered what he knew would be the biggest, brightest neon sign in this neck of eastern Oklahoma. "The Honk and Holler" the bright red lights were supposed to say, with a smaller sign below announcing that it would be opening soon. What C... more »aney got instead was six hundred dollars worth of red neon flashing "The Honk and Holler Opening Soon." The town's laughter eventually died down. And the sign remained.
Caney had come home from Vietnam in a wheelchair, and from the time he opened The Honk and Holler, he had never stepped off the premises. But one blustery December morning, the door flew open and in walked a young woman holding a half-dead three-legged dog. Against the advice of the locals, Caney offered Vena Takes Horse a job, then a bed, and finally, his heart.« less