Bitter, Sweet - Laura Best 电子书mobi+epub
Product details
Teens > Literature & Fiction > Social & Family Issues
Paperback: 152 pages
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (March 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1551097362
ISBN-13: 978-1551097367
Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Nominee (2010)
Bitter, Sweet Paperback – March 1, 2010
by Laura Best (Author)
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Product details
Teens > Literature & Fiction > Social & Family Issues
Paperback: 152 pages
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (March 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1551097362
ISBN-13: 978-1551097367
Pru Burbidge lives a simple life on the family homestead on Dalhousie Road in 1940s rural Nova Scotia, until her father abandons the family and her mother falls ill. Her life is turned upside-down by these events, and she is forced to take on the role of primary caregiver to her siblings, Jessie, Flora, and Davey. Things go from bad to worse when Pru's mother dies, leaving Pru and Jessie, her older brother, to care for the family in secret so they are not separated and sent away to foster homes, or worse, the orphan house. Pru and Jessie do everything they can to hide the fact that their mother has passed away and keep the family together, but their situation becomes increasingly dire as their money and food supplies begin to run out and their neighbours start getting suspicious. When the situation comes to a head and they are on the verge of being found out, Pru and her siblings must work together to save their family from being torn apart.
Editorial Reviews
Review
"[An] elegantly-written story." (Atlantic Books Today 2009-10-01)
"Author Laura Best brings alive her characters with deft scenarios and interesting dialogue. This book is well written and provides a glimpse of post-war 1940s community life and social services." (Canadian Children's Book News 2010-09-01)
"A beautifully crafted novel...Best has masterfully created a sense of time and place...The characters are thoughtfully developed and their relationships to each other skilfully described." (Canadian Children's Book Centre 2010-07-15)
Book Description
A young girl's determination to keep her family together in the face of tragedy.
About the Author
Laura Best has had over forty short stories published in literary magazines and anthologies. Her first young adult novel, Bitter, Sweet, was short listed for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and made the Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011 list. She lives in East Dalhousie, Nova Scotia, with her husband, Brian. Visit her at lauraabest.wordpress.com.
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