03617cam a2200913 4500 1527603632 TxGeo 20240827120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781590515884 1590515889 B00BE24WMU Amazon 1e6a9ea2-f459-401c-baba-84bf4bb5475a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1228841 OverDrive (Product ID) 223664 223664 223664 TxGeo Thompson, John Milliken. Love and Lament [Libby] : A Novel. Other Press, 2013. Animals. family. relationships. Friendship. literary fiction. Historical. family life. romance. growing up. Movies. sisters. Aging. contemporary fiction. Fiction. novels. classic. marriage. love. Coming of age. Death. families. love story. Adolescence. Short Stories. romantic. mystery. Drama. Adoption. Divorce. Modern. England. art. WWII. grief. Horses. Contemporary Romance. Music. Chick Lit. Mothers and daughters. literature. American Literature. fiction books. school. book club books. realistic fiction books. books fiction. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2728kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<b>A dauntless heroine coming of age at the turn of the twentieth century confronts the hazards of patriarchy and prejudice, and discovers the unexpected opportunities of World War I</b><br /> &#160;<br /> Set in rural North Carolina between the Civil War and the Great War, <i>Love and Lament</i> chronicles the hardships and misfortunes of the Hartsoe family.<br /> &#160;<br /> Mary Bet, the youngest of nine children, was born the same year that the first railroad arrived in their county. As she matures, against the backdrop of Reconstruction and rapid industrialization, she must learn to deal with the deaths of her mother and siblings, a deaf and damaged older brother, and her father’s growing insanity and rejection of God.<br /> &#160;<br /> In the rich tradition of Southern gothic literature, John Milliken Thompson transports the reader back in time through brilliant characterizations and historical details, to explore what it means to be a woman charting her own destiny in a rapidly evolving world dominated by men. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-08-26 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/love-and-lament?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/love-and-lament?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/love-and-lament?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) QS5