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Sweet Hearts
by Thon, Melanie Rae
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395785898
- ISBN 13
- 9780395785898
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001-01-04. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. Paperback uncorrected proof. A clean and straight copy.240 pp.
Synopsis
Marie Zimmer has stories to tell but will not speak. Deaf since the age of nine and motherless since she was eleven, Marie is a mute witness to her family's turmoil, the only one bold enough to tell the tale of Flint and Cecile, her sister's dangerous children. At sixteen, Flint has spent eight years of his life in juvenile detention. Half child, half full-grown criminal, he escapes from the Landers School for Boys and comes home to find the one person he loves and trusts, his little sister Cecile. Together they rob and terrorize a local doctor, steal their mother's car, then strike out alone on a desperate journey south to the Crow Indian Reservation, where their ancestors once lived. Is Cecile Flint's hostage, or his accomplice? Nobody knows. Only Marie, the children's deaf aunt, understands the strange logic of their crimes, their desire and fear, their devotion to each other. Fusing family myth with American history, SWEET HEARTS exposes a never-ending chain of wandering and abandonment, the disappearance of mothers, the drowning of people. It is a devastating story, one woman's silent struggle to unravel the web of violence that has trapped her family for generations. This passionate tale is also a celebration of life in the midst of sorrow. In the fierce light of her imagination, Marie Zimmer weaves the past through the present, inventing a language of signs subtle enough to illuminate the mysterious ways in which we are all connected.
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Details
- Seller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- JCOSthonSweet
- Title
- Sweet Hearts
- Author
- Thon, Melanie Rae
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Advance Reading Copy
- ISBN 10
- 0395785898
- ISBN 13
- 9780395785898
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2001-01-04
- Size
- 8x5x0
- X weight
- 16 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
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Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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