| Gardenias Contributor(s): Sullivan, Faith (Author) |
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ISBN: 1571310525 ISBN-13: 9781571310521 Publisher: Milkweed Editions OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: This novel revisits the author's most beloved characters from "The Cape Ann," taking them from their hometown to new lives, new dreams, and new risks in San Diego. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.62" W x 8.54" (1.00 lbs) 392 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - San Diego, California - Chronological Period - 1940's - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A month after the United States enters World War II, the country is in upheaval -- and so is the Erhardt family. Nine-year-old Lark, her mother Arlene, and Aunt Betty are heading for San Diego, far away from Harvester, Minnesota and Arlene's shiftless husband. In the booming wartime economy, Arlene and Betty are soon at work, leaving Lark alone to explore their new neighborhood, a wartime housing project full of others with similarly uprooted lives. Away from prying eyes and small town expectations, the two women begin to forge new lives and new dreams -- dreams that Lark isn't always comfortable with. This richly detailed novel, told through Lark's observant eyes, reflects the era's tumultuous events in the everyday dramas of its memorable, finely nuanced characters. |