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The book of summers

Beth Lowe receives a scrapbook from her long-estranged mother entitled The Book of Summers which is filled with photographs and mementos recording the seven glorious childhood summers Beth spent in rural Hungary before it all came brutally to an end when she turned sixteen.

Main Author: Hall, Emylia, 1978-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Don Mills, Ont. : Mira Books, c2012.
Subjects:
Scrapbooks > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Hungary > Fiction.
Bildungsromans > Hungary.
Summary: Beth Lowe receives a scrapbook from her long-estranged mother entitled The Book of Summers which is filled with photographs and mementos recording the seven glorious childhood summers Beth spent in rural Hungary before it all came brutally to an end when she turned sixteen.
Item Description: Includes discussion questions.
Physical Description: 348 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9780778314110 (pbk.)
0778314111 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Emylia Hall's short fiction has appeared in a number of publications, and she was dubbed by Elle magazine (UK) as one of 2012's three most anticipated debut novelists. She lives in the UK with her husband, who is also an author. The Book of Summers is Emylia's first novel and is inspired by her childhood memories of vacations spent in rural Hungary.

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