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Child of My Heart
de Alice McDermott
- Usado
- Estado
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374121230
- ISBN 13
- 9780374121235
- Librería
-
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Used - Good. . . All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business.
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El Aug 31 2015, The Old Library Bookshop dijo:
It's been a long time since I fell under the spell of Alice McDermott's masterful novel, "Charming Billy," and I had almost forgotten how enchanting a McDermott story can be. Then, recently, I read her short story about Sr. St. Xavier in a current edition of The New Yorker magazine and ran to the bookshop to get my hands on any and all McDermott novels I had missed. Like most of her stories, this book's characters are Irish-American Catholics of the 1950s and '60s. The story's narrator is Theresa, an exceptional teenager (almost unbelievably exceptional, the novel's only flaw as far as I was concerned). Theresa possesses not only exceptional beauty, but also a nature that endears her to everyone she meets. She has a special way with children and animals and spends her summers sitting for the children and pets of the Long Island upper crust. The novel encompasses one brief summer shared with Theresa's younger cousin Daisy. Theresa and Daisy both sense the the fragility of the happiness they share, as they conspire to hide the many bruises popping up on Daisy's tiny body. If there is such a thing as a sweet sadness, then this novel fills the bill to a tee.
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Detalles
- Librería
- More Than Words Inc. (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- BOS-A-10f-0000548
- Título
- Child of My Heart
- Autor
- Alice McDermott
- Estado del libro
- Used - Good
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0374121230
- ISBN 13
- 9780374121235
- Editorial
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 2002
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
More Than Words Inc.
Miembro de Biblio desde 2016
Waltham, Massachusetts
Sobre More Than Words Inc.
More Than Words empowers youth who are in foster care, court-involved, homeless or out of school to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business. MTW believes that when system-involved youth are challenged with authentic and increasing responsibilities in a business setting, and are given high expectations and a culture of support, they can and will address personal barriers to success, create concrete action plans for their lives, and become contributing members of society. More Than Words began as an online bookselling training program for youth in DCF custody in 2004 and opened its vibrant bookstore on Moody St in Waltham in 2005 and added its Starbucks coffee bar in 2008. MTW replicated its model in the South End of Boston in 2011, thereby doubling the number of youth served annually.