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"Precocious twelve-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives in the hectic New York City of 1940 with her family. Then tragedy strikes-and Lou and her younger brother, Oz, must go with their invalid mother to live on their great-grandmother's farm in the Virginia mountains. Suddenly Lou finds her...

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Main Author: Baldacci, David.
Other Authors: Lana, Norma.
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: New York : Hachette Audio, p2007, c2000.
Subjects:
Traffic accident victims > Family relationships > Fiction.
Women landowners > Fiction.
Land tenure > Fiction.
Farm life > Fiction.
Girls > Fiction.
Appalachian Region, Southern > Fiction.
Audiobooks.
Online Access: Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here.
Summary: "Precocious twelve-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives in the hectic New York City of 1940 with her family. Then tragedy strikes-and Lou and her younger brother, Oz, must go with their invalid mother to live on their great-grandmother's farm in the Virginia mountains. Suddenly Lou finds herself coming of age in a new landscape, making her first true friend, and experiencing adventures tragic, comic, and audacious. When a dark, destructive force encroaches on her new home, her struggle will play out in a crowded Virginia courtroom... and determine the future of two children, an entire town, and the mountains they love" -- from publisher's web site.
Item Description: Unabridged.
Compact disc.
Bonus material PC and Mac compatible. Photographs from the author's private collection, reading group guide, genealogy guide.
Physical Description: 9 sound discs (ca. 10 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN: 9781594838903
1594838909
Author Notes: David Baldacci was born in Richmond, Virginia on August 5, 1960. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia. He practiced law in Washington D.C. as a trial and corporate lawyer.

His first novel, Absolute Power, was published in 1996. It won Britain's prestigious W.H. Smith's Thumping Good Read award for fiction in 1997 and was adapted as a movie starring Clint Eastwood. His other works include Total Control, The Winner, The Simple Truth, Saving Faith, True Blue, One Summer and End Game. He writes numerous series including King and Maxwell, Freddy and the French Fries, the Camel Club, Will Robie, Shaw and Katie James, John Puller, Vega Jane, and Amos Decker. He also published a novella entitled Office Hours and has authored five original screenplays.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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