| Como Un Galgo Contributor(s): Doyle, Roddy (Author) |
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ISBN: 8483432110 ISBN-13: 9788483432112 Publisher: Bambu OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback Language: Spanish Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Grandes Lectores |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.80 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this acclaimed novel from a Booker Prize winning author, 12-year-old Irish schoolgirl Mary O Hara is having difficulty coming to grips with the impending death of her beloved Granny. It is when Mary is at her lowest point racked with fear and sadness at the thought of losing one of the people for whom she cares most in the world that a mysterious young girl shows up at her door. It s none other than Tansey, the ghost of Granny s mother. She has arrived to usher Granny out of this world, but first she invites Mary, Mary s mother Scarlett, and Granny on a trip to the past. This moving, humorous story vividly portrays the bond between mothers and daughters, the pain of losing a loved one, and the joy of life. En esta aclamada novela de un ganador del Premio Booker, Mary O Hara, una muchacha irlandes de 12 anos, esta teniendo dificultad aceptando la muerte inminente de su querida abuelita. Es cuando Mary se encuentra en su punto mas bajo carcomida por el temor y la tristeza de perder a una de las personas que mas quiere en el mundo que una misteriosa joven aparece en su puerta. Es Tansey, el espiritu de la madre de su abuela. Ha venido para llevarse a la abuela de Mary de este mundo, pero primero invita a Mary, a Scarlett, la mama de Mary, y a la abuela a emprender un viaje al pasado. Esta entranable ydivertida historia vividamente retrata el vinculo entra las madres e hijas, el dolor de perder a un ser querido y el gozo de la vida." |