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Zusatztext Chicago Tribune In Katie! Berg has created a narrator true to adolescent form. Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Bergis the award-winning author of more than twenty-five books, including theNew York TimesbestsellersTrue to Form,Never Change,Open House,The Story of Arthur Truluv,Night of Miracles, andThe Confession Club.She lives outside of Chicago. Find out more at Elizabeth-Berg.net. Klappentext From the author whose work "The New Yorker" calls "strong" and "timeless, " "True to Form" tenderly follows a 14-year-old girl's lessons in life after the death of her mother. Zusammenfassung Katie Nash -- the beloved heroine of Elizabeth Berg's previous novels Durable Goods and Joy School -- is thirteen years old in 1961! and she's facing a summer full of conflict. Her father has enlisted her in two care-taking jobs -- baby-sitting for the rambunctious Wexler boys and! equally challenging! looking after Mrs. Randolph! her elderly! bedridden neighbor. To make matters worse! Katie has been forcibly inducted into the "loser" Girl Scout troop! compliments of her only new friend Cynthia's controlling mother. Her only saving grace is a trip to her childhood hometown in Texas! to visit her best friend Cherylanne. But people and places change -- and Cherylanne is no exception. When an act of betrayal leaves Katie wondering just what friends are really for! she learns to rely on the only one left she can trust: herself. Full of the joys! anguish! and innocence of American adolescence! True to Form is a story sure to make readers remember and reflect on their own moments of discovery and self-definition.
