The Cape Ann (Contemporary American Fiction) - Softcover

Sullivan, Faith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140119795 ISBN 13: 9780140119794

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1989

Synopsis

When her father's gambling losses threaten the down payment on her mother's dream house, a Cape Ann, six-year-old Lark Ann Eckhardt is caught in the crossfire of her parents' disintegrating marriage

About this title

About the Author:

Faith Sullivan is the author of several novels including Gardenias, What a Woman Must Do, and Good Night, Mr. Wadehouse. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Dan.

From School Library Journal:

YA The Cape Ann is the name on the plans of the house that Lark Ann Ehrhart and her mother plan to build some day. It is the place to which six-year-old Lark escapes in daydreams when her parents begin to argue, the home that her mother dreams offar from the rooms in the train depot where they live and Lark's father works. Ultimately it symbolizes escape from Harvester, Minn., and independence from the husband and father whose gambling repeatedly sabotages their dream. Lark narrates the adult events of Harvester's Catholic culture without always understanding them. Her point of view adds depth to the story, though occasionally it is more adult than a six year old's would be. Characters are fully colored; historical references firmly set the story in the Depression and beyond. Lark's perceptions, her changes and those of the characters around her will relate to those YAs, who will enjoy Sullivan's flowing and well-crafted story. Sally Bates, Houston Pub . Lib .
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About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0140119795
• ISBN 13: 9780140119794
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352