Borrowed Children
Having been forced to act as mother and housekeeper during Mama's illness, twelve-year-old Amanda has a holiday in Memphis, far removed from the Depression drudgery of her Kentucky mountain family, and finds her world expanding even as she grows to understand and appreciate her own background.Having been forced to act as mother and housekeeper during Mama's illness, twelve-year-old Amanda has a holiday in Memphis, far removed from the Depression drudgery of her Kentucky mountain family
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When Mandy Perritt's mother nearly dies giving birth to her baby brother, Mandy is forced to give up going to school. Since her mother is so ill, Mandy has to take care of the new baby and cook, clean, and keep house for the rest of her family. Some days the work seems like more than Mandy can handle. Some days it seems so unfair. Mandy always felt she didn't belong in Goose Rock, Kentucky, anyway; she's sure that somewhere in the world there are finer things to be had, and she wants them.
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Six weeks of so much responsibility are hard, but then Mama and Daddy surprise Mandy. She's going to spend Christmas with her grandparents in Memphis--a big, glamorous city. Mandy discovers kinfolk she never knew much about. She reams from them about her parents-stories that make her see them, and Goose Rock, in a different light. Now that Mandy's discovered so much about her family, how will her dreams change?
George Ella Lyon is best known as a poet and an author of children's picture books. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with her husband and two sons.
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- PublisherOrchard Books
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0531083519
- ISBN 13 9780531083512
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages154
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