On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon |
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Author:
| Gibbons, Kaye |
Series title: | Large Print Book Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-56895-624-4 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1998 |
Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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Imprint: | Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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Acclaimed writer, Kaye Gibbons, demonstrates the subtle master of detail and unmistakable character voice in this touching novel. Like America in the mid-nineteenth century, Emma Garnet Tate Lowell is at war with herself. She grows up more and more aware that her family's prosperity is inextricably linked to the institution of slavery. So she sets herself against her father's unyielding values and survives with a kind heart and strong mind. Lowell recounts her life to us in a poignant...
More DescriptionAcclaimed writer, Kaye Gibbons, demonstrates the subtle master of detail and unmistakable character voice in this touching novel. Like America in the mid-nineteenth century, Emma Garnet Tate Lowell is at war with herself. She grows up more and more aware that her family's prosperity is inextricably linked to the institution of slavery. So she sets herself against her father's unyielding values and survives with a kind heart and strong mind. Lowell recounts her life to us in a poignant tone. Told in graceful cadences, this book is a shimmering meditation on the divisions of human heart.