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| Author:
| Sullivan, Mary |
| ISBN: | 978-1-58195-025-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2000 |
| Publisher: | Steerforth Press
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| Imprint: | Zoland Books, Incorporated |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $13.00 |
Book Description:
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A powerful story of a young girl stunned into,silence after the drowning of her twin brother on,Martha's Vineyard. It is the summer of 1974 and,eleven-year-old Emily is silently narrating the,story of her brother's death and the unrest it has,caused. Her older sisters can't understand,Emily's silence as they each undergo their own,rites of passage. Plagued by the taunts of her,sisters, the domination of her alcoholic father,and the nagging doubt that her brother's death was,not an...
More DescriptionA powerful story of a young girl stunned into,silence after the drowning of her twin brother on,Martha's Vineyard. It is the summer of 1974 and,eleven-year-old Emily is silently narrating the,story of her brother's death and the unrest it has,caused. Her older sisters can't understand,Emily's silence as they each undergo their own,rites of passage. Plagued by the taunts of her,sisters, the domination of her alcoholic father,and the nagging doubt that her brother's death was,not an accident, she struggles to come to terms,with her silence and her guilt.