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Cargando... The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Leepor Talya Tate Boerner
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Esta reseña fue escrita por el author. Of course since I wrote it, I love it! I hope you do too. OH my god what an awesomely written flashback in time for me! Gracie is living the life many of us had in the 60's.....with similar homes, parents, fears, sensitivities and hopes, hers on a cotton farm in Arkansas. I do remember tip- toeing around cuz dad was home,and escape to the outside was the goal. She loved him....she feared him. Her younger sister Abby was her pal, and hiding under bed where the cracked slats and dust never changed, was her hideout. A lot of the pages made me laugh, MOST brought back vivid memories, some brought tears. Talya Tate Boerner leaves herself behind as she morphs into the body and soul of Gracie Lee Eudora Abbott. ( i DO recall sitting on the living room floor while my mum ironed.... and flapped her arms and swung her legs with Jack LaLane!) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Ten-year-old Gracie Lee knows a few things. She knows which trees are best for climbing. She knows how to walk through the hallway without making a sound on the hardwood floor. She knows if Daddy's crop gets one more drop of rain, the whole family will pay the price. There are plenty of things Gracie doesn't know. These things keep her awake at night. Gracie longs for something bigger and grander and truer, and feels certain there is more to life beyond school and dull church sermons. She worries about the soldiers in Vietnam and wonders what it must be like to have been born Lisa Marie Presley from Tennessee instead of Gracie Lee Abbott from Arkansas. Mostly, she wishes her Daddy wasn't so mean. Gracie's unchecked imagination leads to adventure, and adventure leads to trouble. She confides in unexpected characters and seeks solace in a mysterious gray house beyond the cotton field. When Gracie faces a difficult family situation, she must make a life-altering decision, one that will test the very essence of her character. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyValoraciónPromedio:
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As a fan of historical fiction I enjoyed this story, set in the 70s, with references to Elvis, Johnny Cash, and Nixon. I did feel it started off a bit slowly but it was definitely worth sticking with to the end.
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