Author

Contributions

  • Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) - Contributor

Publication

2005 - Harper Trophy, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

24,500 words, Guess

Page Count

98 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780060757380
  • Open LibraryOL3474512M

Classifications

  • LCCCPB Box no. 2360 vol. 15
  • LCCPS3576.I518
  • DDC812/.5/4

Description

An embittered widow lives with her teenage daughters in a ramshackle house where she makes a living by nursing an elderly invalid. Alternately charming and abrasive, Beatrice is selfish like her elder daughter, Ruth, who suffers from convulsions. The younger daughter, Matilda, is an eccentric outcast who earns respect by winning top honors at school for her science fair project.

First Sentence

A room of wood which was once a vegetable store-and a point of debarkation for a horse-drawn wagon to bring its wares to a small town.

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