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- Author: Harriet Doerr
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- ISBN-10: 0140251480
- ISBN-13: 9780140251487
- Format: 13 x 19.7 x 1.6 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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In her first collection of stories and pieces, Harriet Doerr explores the magical power of memory and brings us a wealth of unforgettable characters: eccentric eighty-two-year-old Great-Aunt Alice, who, empowered by a lucid memory, lived out her final, physically debilitated years with grace; Edie, who arrives in California from England to bring sanity and peace to a house with five half-orphaned children and a despairing widower; Paco, eight years old, and Gloria, eleven, children caught between the longing and pleasures of childhood and the harsh mature realities of their meager circumstances in a Mexican village. These and other characters are captured in the web of life with a startling sensitivity that will touch the reader at every turn.
"Strikingly pure and radiant."--The New York Times Book ReviewEXTRA 10 % discount with code: EXTRA
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- Author: Harriet Doerr
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- ISBN-10: 0140251480
- ISBN-13: 9780140251487
- Format: 13 x 19.7 x 1.6 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
In her first collection of stories and pieces, Harriet Doerr explores the magical power of memory and brings us a wealth of unforgettable characters: eccentric eighty-two-year-old Great-Aunt Alice, who, empowered by a lucid memory, lived out her final, physically debilitated years with grace; Edie, who arrives in California from England to bring sanity and peace to a house with five half-orphaned children and a despairing widower; Paco, eight years old, and Gloria, eleven, children caught between the longing and pleasures of childhood and the harsh mature realities of their meager circumstances in a Mexican village. These and other characters are captured in the web of life with a startling sensitivity that will touch the reader at every turn.
"Strikingly pure and radiant."--The New York Times Book Review
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