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Jane St. Anthony - Isabelle Day Refuses to Die of a Broken Heart - 9780816697991 - V9780816697991
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Isabelle Day Refuses to Die of a Broken Heart

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Description for Isabelle Day Refuses to Die of a Broken Heart Hardback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: YFB; YXG. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 216 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.

In Milwaukee, Isabelle Day had a house. And she had a father. This year, on Halloween, she has half of a house in Minneapolis, a mother at least as sad as she is, and a loss that’s too hard to think—let alone talk—about. It’s the Midwest in the early 1960s, and dads just don’t die . . . like that.

Hovering over Isabelle’s new world are the duplex’s too-attentive landladies, Miss Flora (“a lovely dried flower”) and her sister Miss Dora (“grim as roadkill”), who dwell in a sea of memories and doilies; the gleefully demonic Sister Mary Mercy, who ... Read more

In light of the elderly sisters’ lives, Grace and Margaret’s friendship, and her father’s memory, she just might find the heart and humor to save herself. With characteristic sensitivity and wit, Jane St. Anthony reveals how a girl’s life clouded with grief can also hold a world of promise.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816697991
SKU
V9780816697991
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Jane St. Anthony
Jane St. Anthony is the author of The Summer Sherman Loved Me and Grace Above All. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Reviews for Isabelle Day Refuses to Die of a Broken Heart
Not since Charlotte’s Web have I read a book that pays as much homage to the power of friendship. Isabelle is a survivor; you can’t help but cheer for her. Jane St. Anthony creates characters that captivate your heart and stay with you long after you reluctantly come to the end of the book. —Loretta Ellsworth, author of Unforgettable "Gently ... Read more

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