| The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia Library Edition Contributor(s): Stefaniak, Mary Helen (Author), Rodriguez, Robynn (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1441772197 ISBN-13: 9781441772190 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $94.50 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 6.8" (0.80 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Narrator Gladys Cailiff is eleven years old in 1938 when a new schoolteacher turns Threestep, Georgia, upside down. Miss Grace Spivey is a well-traveled young woman who believes in field trips, Arabian costumes, and reading aloud from her ten-volume set of The Thousand Nights and a Night. The real trouble begins when she decides to revive the annual town festival as an exotic Baghdad bazaar. Miss Spivey and her project transform the lives of everyone around her: Gladys' older brother Force (with his movie-star looks), their pregnant sister May (a gifted storyteller herself), and especially the Cailiffs' African American neighbor, young Theo Boykin, whose creative genius becomes the key to a colorful, hidden history of the South. Populated by unforgettable characters--including three impressive camels--The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia rides a magic carpet from a segregated schoolroom in Georgia to the banks of the Tigris--and back again--in an entrancing feat of storytelling. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stefaniak, Mary Helen: - Mary Helen Stefaniak is the prizewinning author of The Turk and My Mother and Self Storage and Other Stories. She lives in Omaha and Iowa City. Rodriguez, Robynn: -Robynn Rodriguez is a longtime member of the resident acting company of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In addition to her work at OSF, she has worked in theaters all over the United States and Europe. She lives in Ashland, Oregon, with her husband, Michael. |