Borrowed children /
Having been forced to act as mother and housekeeper during Mama's illness, twelve-year-old Amanda has a holiday in Memphis, far removed from the Depression drudgery of her Kentucky mountain family, and finds her world expanding even as she grows to understand and appreciate her own background.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Orchard Books,
[1988]
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| Summary: | Having been forced to act as mother and housekeeper during Mama's illness, twelve-year-old Amanda has a holiday in Memphis, far removed from the Depression drudgery of her Kentucky mountain family, and finds her world expanding even as she grows to understand and appreciate her own background. |
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| Item Description: | "A Richard Jackson book." |
| Physical Description: | 154 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0531083519 (lib. bdg.) 0531057518 |