Hand Me Down: A Novel
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Book Overview
A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of 2012 " Hand Me Down , which recalls the gritty power of Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina , is fiction with the ring of truth." - San Jose Mercury News Fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Reid has spent her life protecting her sister, Jaime, from their parents' cruel mistakes and broken promises. When their mother chooses her second husband and their new family over raising her firstborn girls, Elizabeth and Jaime are separated and risk losing the shelter of each other. Hand Me Down indelibly captures a contemporary family journey--how two young people, against incredible odds, forge lives of their own in the face of an uncertain future.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0452298857
ISBN13:9780452298859
Release Date:March 2013
Publisher:Plume Books
Length:336 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.3" x 7.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Good, sad
Published by KP , 1 year ago
Overall a good book. Good, but sad story about a girl with a life full of unreliable adults. Written well enough to make me hate some of said adults and want to smack others upside their heads.
Not amazing, but a decent read.
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