Mother of Pearl, by Melinda Haynes

Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes
Washington Square Press ISBN 0-671-77467-0

pg 2
Willie Brackett's blood was to his undershirt

on his undershirt? stuck to?

pg 2
Even saw the scar was healing up to that of question mark tilted to its side

I know what she means to say and I'm not sure if this is an attempt at dialect or if there is a word missing ("that of a question mark").

pg 2
when he was startled he took on a resemblance to that of dried-up mummy

of a dried-up mummy?

pg 58
He undid his jeans...three lines later He unzipped his jeans.

pg 80
still thinking on sow but not so much as before

the sow?

pg 156
find prosperity hand delivered

needs a hyphen "hand-delivered"

pg 192
"As I recall the Parden child was a newborn," he said, still looking down at his notebook and her shoes. "I bet she's easily a ten and a half. Possibly eleven. Wide width, too."

the 2nd bit in quotation marks is not spoken aloud.

pg 276
"'Cause your grandmother threw her knitting at her and stabbed the woman in the temple with a crochet needle...."

there are no crochet "needles," only crochet hooks. Knitting needle is what she meant to say.

pg 282
walking up and nudging Grace in the thigh like a stubborn angel, and she gave to it while she scratched out his head.

gave to it? Scratched out?