The Other Shepards - Hardcover

Griffin, Adele

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786823704 ISBN 13: 9780786823703

Verlag: Hyperion Book CH, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

The author of Sons of Liberty, a finalist for the National Book Award, introduces two sisters in junior high school whose lives, overshadowed by the death of their siblings long ago, are brightened by a mysterious, almost ghostly painter.

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Grade 8 Up-A mesmerizing novel about healing and emotional survival. Geneva Shepard and her older sister, eighth-grader Holland, have lived their lives in the shadow of a memory-that of their three siblings who were tragically killed in a car accident 20 years earlier. Geneva, in particular, has been affected and suffers from nearly debilitating psychological difficulties. Then one day, an artist arrives to paint a mural in their home. Part therapist, part friend, part angel, Annie transforms their lives and allows the girls to begin a much-needed healing process after years of perceived secondary importance to their parents. This is a stunning, quietly moving novel that shows the far-reaching aftermath of tragedy in one family's lives. Reminiscent of Judith Guest's Ordinary People (Viking, 1982) but with an air of the supernatural, this touching story is told with insight and tenderness. The probable identity of Annie, saved until the last chapters, is a particularly satisfying twist. The story is told with skill and packs emotion, imagination, and sensitivity into its pages.
Carrie A. Guarria, Lindenhurst Memorial Library, NY
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Hyperion Book CH
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0786823704
• ISBN 13: 9780786823703
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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