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1) The Cape Ann
Author
Language
English
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Description
A disarmingly involving portrait of a family struggling to stay together through the Great Depression, The Cape Ann is an unforgettable story of life from a child’s-eye view.
Lark Erhardt, the six-year-old narrator of The Cape Ann, and her fiercely independent mother dream of owning their own house; they have their hearts set on the Cape Ann, chosen from a house catalog. But when Lark’s father’s gambling...
Lark Erhardt, the six-year-old narrator of The Cape Ann, and her fiercely independent mother dream of owning their own house; they have their hearts set on the Cape Ann, chosen from a house catalog. But when Lark’s father’s gambling...
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nell Stillman's road is not easy. When her boorish husband dies soon after they move to the small town of Harvester, Minnesota, Nell is alone, penniless yet responsible for her beloved baby boy, Hillyard. Not an easy fate in small-town America at the beginning of the twentieth century. In the face of nearly insurmountable odds, Nell finds strength in lasting friendships and in the rich inner life awakened by the novels she loves. She falls in love...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Growing up in early twentieth-century Illinois, Ruby Drake is a happy child. But one winter's night, her beloved parents perish in an accident and suddenly Ruby finds herself penniless and nearly alone in the world. Her new path eventually takes her to Harvester, Minnesota, where she finds work on the farm of the Schoonovers, who soon become a second family to her. Ruby falls in love with Roland, a married neighbor. When Ruby is asked to care for...
5) Gardenias
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 381 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A novel set during the tumultuous World War II years in California follows a family from their home in Minnesota to Los Angeles and San Diego, two rapidly growing cities overrun by soldiers on their way to the war in the Pacific.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
8 books (439 pages) in a cloth bag ; (40 x 49 cm) + 1 folder
Language
English
Description
A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title, that may also include a folder.
Widowed teacher Nell Stillman raises her son in the small town of Harvester, Minnesota, finding solace and escape in books.