ISBN: 9780060829650 - the girl from charnelle (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. It's 1960 in the Panhandle town of Charnelle, Texas -- a year and a half since sixteen-year-old Laura Tate's mother boarded a bus and mysteriously disappeared. Assuming responsibility for the Tate household, Laura cares for her father and three brothers and outwardly maintains a sense of calm. But her balance is upset and the repercussions of her family's struggles are revealed when a chance encounter with a married man leads Laura into a complicated relationship for which she is unprepared.As Kennedy battles Nixon for the White House, Laura must navigate complex emotional terrain and choose whether she, too, will flee Charnelle. Dramatizing the tension between desire and familial responsibility, The Girl from Charnelle delivers a heartfelt portrait of a young woman's reckoning with the paradoxes of love. Eloquent, tender, and heart-wrenching, K. L. Cook's unforgettable debut novel marks the arrival of a significant new voice in American fiction.…

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. New York: Morrow [2006]. First edition. First printing. AS NEW/AS NEW. A pristine unread copy, never opened, perfect in all respects. Shipped in well padded box. Smoke free. With mylar dust jacket protector. REVIEW COPY, with publicity materials form publisher included. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket; The Girl from Charnelle tells the story of a young girl who is taken from her family and enslaved in the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta. She is forced to work long hours in the heat, and is treated cruelly by her master. However, she also finds hope and strength in her friendship with a fellow slave girl. Ultimately, The Girl from Charnelle teaches us that even in the darkest of times, there is still hope.; 8vo.…