At Risk - Brossura

Hoffman, Alice

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0425117383 ISBN 13: 9780425117385

Casa editrice: Berkley, 1989

Riassunto

A poignant tale of a loving, resilient New England family fighting to keep their eleven-year-old gifted daughter stricken with AIDS--in school and to preserve their family bonds in the face of tragedy

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Praise for At Risk

“Graceful...emotionally potent...A cathartic tale that begs us, with heartbreaking eloquence, to stop looking the other way.”—Glamour

“Within pages, the reader falls in love with this very real little girl... Moving, dramatic and painfully human.”—Miami Herald

“I have rarely encountered a work that has moved me as strongly... extraordinary.”—Mademoiselle

“Deeply impressive...powerful.”—Newsweek

“Deeply moving...Sensitivity and empathy...radiate from this beautiful novel.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“Compassionate...This is a serious, honest novel.”—Village Voice

“Tender, strikingly simple and deeply memorable.”—Kirkus Reviews

“An affecting novel of exquisite delicacy, with humor, warmth, and sensitivity. Miss Hoffman heals wounds with the gentle touch of an angel.”—Joseph Heller

L'autore:

Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The Rules of Magic, Practical Magic, The Marriage of Opposites, The Red Garden, the Oprah’s Book Club selection Here on Earth, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, and The Dovekeepers. She lives near Boston.

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• Editore: Berkley
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0425117383
• ISBN 13: 9780425117385
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288