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Jewel by Bret Lott (Paperback)
This is a used paperback book in very good condition!
Item specifics - Fiction & Literature Books
Condition:
Very Good: A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition.
Author:
Bret Lott
Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Washington Square Pr
ISBN-10:
0671038184
ISBN-13:
9780671038182
Subject:
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Publication Year:
1999
Topic:
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Special Attributes:
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Language:
English
Detailed item info
Synopsis
In 1943, an all-American family must cope with the birth of a Down's syndrome child. The focus is on Jewel, the mother, whose honest, individual, feisty voice tells a story that is ultimately a triumph of family feeling.
Size
Height:
8.5 in.
Width:
5.3 in.
Thickness:
1 in.
Weight:
13.6 oz.
Publisher's Note
A mother fights for the dignity of her youngest daughter against the backdrop of a pure and simple way of life in the backwoods of Mississippi in 1943 In the backwoods of Mississippi, a land of honeysuckle and grapevine, Jewel and her husband, Leston, are truly blessed; they have five fine children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome. Jewel is the story of how quickly a life can change; how, like lightning, an unforeseen event can set us on a course without reason or compass. In this story of a woman's devotion to the child who is both her burden and God's singular way of smiling on her, Bret Lott has created a mother-daughter relationship of matchless intensity and beauty, and one of the finest, most indomitable heroines in contemporary American fiction.
Industry reviews
"[A] beautifully crafted first-person epic of one poor southern woman's personal duel with God....This is a voice we don't want to stop hearing." Karlin
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