Little Audrey - 9780374345808
Un libro in lingua di Ruth White edito da Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2008
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“What else would you wish for?” Daddy says. “If you could have anything in the world, what would you wish for?”
I shrug. “Oh, I don't know. Maybe . . .”
“Maybe what?”
“For us to live better than we do.”
He does not say anything.
I shrug. “Oh, I don't know. Maybe . . .”
“Maybe what?”
“For us to live better than we do.”
He does not say anything.
In 1948, award-winning author Ruth White lived in Jewell Valley, a coal camp nestled between the hills of southwestern Virginia, with her mother, still mourning for a baby who died four years earlier; her father, who spent the weekends and most of his pay out drinking; and her three older sisters, Audrey, Yvonne, and Eleanor. Told in Audrey's voice, this is how the author imagines Audrey's experiences during a time of great trauma for the White family – and what happened before they were able to live a better life.
This snapshot of life in a coal camp, complete with everyday heartaches and joys – as well as stories, songs, and jokes – is Ruth White's most personal work to date.
This snapshot of life in a coal camp, complete with everyday heartaches and joys – as well as stories, songs, and jokes – is Ruth White's most personal work to date.
Little Audrey is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Little Audrey
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Ruth White
- Editore: Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Collana: Farrar Straus & Giroux (School And Library)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 04 Settembre '08
- Genere: JUVENILE FICTION
- Argomenti : Country life Virginia Fiction Family life Virginia Fiction Coal miners Fiction
- Pagine: 145
- Peso gr: 226
- Dimensioni mm: 196 x 127 x 12
- ISBN-10: 0374345805
- EAN-13: 9780374345808