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The Smell of Sugarcane
Beverly Ann Menke
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Description for The Smell of Sugarcane
Hardback. Abandoned in Puerto Rico, Sophia James, the eldest of six Californian children, is in charge of her five younger siblings-and she is only eleven. Told through the eyes of the sixty-year-old Sophia as she paints a large canvas, The Smell of Sugarcane is based on a true story. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Abandoned on foreign soil in a world where language and customs are a mystery, Sophia James, the eldest of six Californian children, is in charge—and she is only eleven. Told through the eyes of the sixty-year-old Sophia as she sits with oils painting a large canvas, The Smell of Sugarcane is based on a true story. Traveling through time with Sophia, the reader witnesses the strength and power that can be found when a human spirit is determined to survive and succeed. As she advances her painting, a remarkable story unfolds in a place where love is hidden and dangers ... Read more
Abandoned on foreign soil in a world where language and customs are a mystery, Sophia James, the eldest of six Californian children, is in charge—and she is only eleven. Told through the eyes of the sixty-year-old Sophia as she sits with oils painting a large canvas, The Smell of Sugarcane is based on a true story. Traveling through time with Sophia, the reader witnesses the strength and power that can be found when a human spirit is determined to survive and succeed. As she advances her painting, a remarkable story unfolds in a place where love is hidden and dangers ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of America
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
561g
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761862864
SKU
V9780761862864
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Ref
99-15
About Beverly Ann Menke
Beverly Ann Menke is the author of Don Laws: The Life of an Olympic Figure Skating Coach (2012). She lives in Clarksville, Maryland, with her family. For more information, please visit www.beverlymenke.com.
Reviews for The Smell of Sugarcane
The pace of the writing is both seductive and wonderfully rhythmical—a difficult challenge superbly-achieved given the nature and burden of the times and circumstances. A gem of a book.
Michael Sellers, author of Cache on the Rocks I read the first two hundred and fifty pages of The Smell of Sugarcane and went to bed. . . . Had ... Read more
Michael Sellers, author of Cache on the Rocks I read the first two hundred and fifty pages of The Smell of Sugarcane and went to bed. . . . Had ... Read more