Child of My Heart

Zusatztext 'CHILD OF MY HEART is a remarkably poised and provocative work ... uplifting! enchanting ... the story is so authentic: you'll return refreshed and ready to look your tired adult's world with new eyes' Informationen zum Autor Alice McDermott is the author of four novels. She lives with her family outside Washington! D.C. Klappentext On the cusp of fifteen! pretty Theresa is the town's sought-after babysitter - adored by children! but also a solitary soul with an already complex understanding of human nature. During this summer! it is her cousin Daisy! a frail little creature with glittery shoes and worrying bruises that don't heal! in whom Theresa invests her greatest love. A dark jewel of a novel, the new masterpiece from Alice McDermott, author of the bestselling Charming Billy Zusammenfassung On the cusp of fifteen, pretty Theresa is the town's sought-after babysitter - adored by children, but also a solitary soul with an already complex understanding of human nature. During this summer, it is her cousin Daisy, a frail little creature with glittery shoes and worrying bruises that don't heal, in whom Theresa invests her greatest love.

Product details

• Authors: Alice McDermott, McDermott Alice
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.05.2004
• EAN: 9780747568223
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-6822-3
• No. of pages: 242
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Bilingual editions > German/English; Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary