A Girl Without a Name |
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Author:
| Hall, Virginia |
ISBN: | 979-8-6124-5261-4 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2020 |
Publisher: | Independently Published
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $9.95 |
Book Description:
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"Run! Run!" she whispered. "Hide in the woods before Daddy gets home!"
I sprinted across the field and down into a gully and along a path by rock-faces where Croft Run brings cool sweet water, even in summer. After a time, I found my way to the family cemetery and the safety of the hillock where I could see anyone approaching from any direction, even at night.
Exhausted, I stopped at the mossy log, got on my knees, folded my hands, and prayed to...
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"Run! Run!" she whispered. "Hide in the woods before Daddy gets home!"
I sprinted across the field and down into a gully and along a path by rock-faces where Croft Run brings cool sweet water, even in summer. After a time, I found my way to the family cemetery and the safety of the hillock where I could see anyone approaching from any direction, even at night.
Exhausted, I stopped at the mossy log, got on my knees, folded my hands, and prayed to have the wickedness taken out of me.
And then I heard the coughing and sputtering of Daddy's pick-up truck coming down the wash-board road. Even this far away, the early evening otherwise calm, I could hear my mother shouting angrily as my father drove up. I did not hear the words, but by their tone I knew what she must have told him.
A tale of awakening and self-discovery.
Now back in print, Virginia Hall's heartwarming novella captures the hope and determination of a child in rural Appalachia on an arduous journey of gender and identity.