Matilda Bone
by Cushman, Karen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395881560
- ISBN 13
- 9780395881569
- Seller
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Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
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Synopsis
In her long-awaited new novel, Newbery medalist Karen Cushman assembles a cast of unforgettable characters in a fascinating and pungent setting: the medical quarter of a medieval English village. To Blood and Bone Alley, home of leech, barber-surgeon, and apothecary, comes Matilda, raised by a priest to be pious and learned, and now destined to assist Red Peg the Bonesetter. To Matilda’s dismay, her work will not involve Latin or writing, but lighting the fire, going to market, mixing plasters and poultices, and helping Peg treat patients. Matilda is appalled by the worldliness of her new surroundings and yearns for the days at the manor when all she did was study and pray. Lonely and misunderstood, she seems destined for a fate as tragic as that of any of the sharp-tongued saints she turns to for advice. Filled with the witty dialogue and richly authentic detail that Karen Cushman’s work is known for, Matilda Bone is a compelling comic novel about a girl who learns to see herself and others clearly, to laugh, and to live contentedly in this world. Author’s note.
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- Bookseller
- funyettabooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041584
- Title
- Matilda Bone
- Author
- Cushman, Karen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395881560
- ISBN 13
- 9780395881569
- Publisher
- Clarion Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- MIDDLE AGES HEALER BONESETTER PHYSICIAN MEDICINE ENGLAND
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