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Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
In the backwoods of Mississippi, Jewel and her husband, Leston, are blessed with five fine children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome. But an unforseen event can set a life on a course without reason or compass, and this is the story of Jewel's devotion to a child who is both her burden and God's singular way of smiling upon her.
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Language
English
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"Helen Garner has been a literary institution in Australia for decades. Her perfectly formed novels embodied Australia's tumultuous 70s and 80s, and her incisive nonfiction evokes the keen eye of the New Journalists. The Atlantic dubbed her "the Joan Didion of Australia." Now, The Children's Bach, the beloved work that solidified her place among the masters of modern international letters, is available in a new US edition. The Children's Bach follows...
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