Children of the World
A Novel
by Martha Stephens
ISBN: 0870743783
ISBN-13: 9780870743788
Format: Hardcover
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"A meticulous esamination of the conscience of a single character whose life is nearly devastated by her obsessive memory, the book provides an absorbing replication of the human experience in all its messy complexity." -- Marianne Gingher
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Southern Methodist Univ Pr
Published date: 1994
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.75 pounds
Pages: 399
Publisher's Notes
During the two days of the novel's present-time narrative, Margaret receives an unexpected phone call at the Juvenile Court where she works in Waycross, Georgia, and is faced with a tormenting decision, one that forces her to confront all the old griefs of her conflicted life. Margaret examines - with perplexity and wonder - the vast and rich array of her memories: of her young girlhood, growing up in the white slums of Jacksonville with three retarded siblings, a slow-witted mother, and a beloved father who ultimately betrays her; of her removal from the squalor of Eighth Street by her wealthy maternal grandmother, who brings her at age twelve to the orderly and beautiful dairy farm she runs in Waycross.
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Children of the World: A Novel
Martha Stephens
A nice ex-library copy. Gently used. All pages and cover clear except for a few library markings. Mylar over dustjacket. Binding solid but no longer tight. No creases. Spine is slanted. ( more information)
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Children of the World: A Novel
Martha Stephens
Southern Methodist University Press. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information)
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Children of the World: A Novel
Martha Stephens
Southern Methodist University Press, 1994-10. Hardcover. Like New. Still in wrapper. Corners slightly bumped. Never opened. ( more information)
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CHILDREN OF THE WORLD
Stephens, Martha
Dallas: Southern Methodist Univ. Press, 1994. 1st edition. As NEW in As NEW DJ . 399 pp. ( more information)
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