The Girl Factory |
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| Author:
| Dietrich, Karen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7627-9181-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Globe Pequot Press, The
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| Imprint: | skirt! |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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A lyrical, finely crafted, and absolutely absorbing coming-of-age memoir about a young girl from a Pennsylvania factory town. After a shooting at the local factory where her parents work, eight-year-old Karen finds comfort in obsessive rituals and superstitions. As the years pass, she begins to understand her mother's unusual behavior and their complicated relationship until a shocking discovery shatters her world and disturbing memories begin to surface.
A lyrical, finely crafted, and absolutely absorbing coming-of-age memoir about a young girl from a Pennsylvania factory town. After a shooting at the local factory where her parents work, eight-year-old Karen finds comfort in obsessive rituals and superstitions. As the years pass, she begins to understand her mother's unusual behavior and their complicated relationship until a shocking discovery shatters her world and disturbing memories begin to surface.