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Bezig met laden... Halleydoor Faye Gibbons
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. LOVE this book. Set in the mountain region of Georgia during the Great Depression, Halley Owens comes to adulthood maintaining her family closeness while still developing her independence during a time when strong women were not especially admired or encouraged by society or their families. The book unflinchingly looks at how poverty affects the choices families had to make during the era but it never resorts to clichés or pity. Halley became a real person to me while reading this book and I was sorry to have my time with her end at the conclusion of the story. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Historical Fiction.
Young Adult Fiction.
HTML: Times are hard in Depression-era Georgia mountain country. Even so, fourteen-year-old Halley Owenby, her younger brother, Robbie, and their parents, Jim and Kate, manage to get by until Jim dies suddenly in an accident, and Kate decides she and her children have no choice but to move in with her parents. Like her father, Halley has never cared for her grandparents. Her grandfather Franklin is a fire-and-brimstone fundamentalist preacher who runs a strict and joyless household. A miserly tyrant, he claims any money the women in his household earn. Even their mail he considers his to read first. Waiting for the Rapture, when Jesus will return, may suit her grandparents and many others of the same faith, but Halley wants more. She yearns for some control of her own life. She longs for an education, which she firmly believes would eventually allow choices. Little does she suspect that such dreams might actually come true. .Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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