The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane av Kate O'Shaughnessy

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<b><b>Maybelle Lane is looking for her father, but on the road to Nashville she finds so much more: courage, brains, heart--and true friends. </b></b><br><br>Eleven-year-old Maybelle Lane collects sounds. She records the Louisiana crickets chirping, Momma strumming her guitar, their broken trailer door squeaking. But the crown jewel of her collection is a sound she didn''t collect herself: an old recording of her daddy''s warm-sunshine laugh, saved on an old phone''s voicemail. It''s the only thing she has of his, and the only thing she knows about him.<br><br>Until the day she hears that laugh--<i>his</i> laugh--pouring out of the car radio. Going against Momma''s wishes, Maybelle starts listening to her radio DJ daddy''s new show, drinking in every word like a plant leaning toward the sun. When he announces he''ll be the judge of a singing contest in Nashville, she signs up. What better way to meet than to stand before him and sing with all her heart? <br><br>But the road to Nashvill