Changing Seasons - Brossura

Stolhand, Mel

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1436333342 ISBN 13: 9781436333344

Casa editrice: Xlibris, 2008

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BOOK DESCRIPTION Changing Seasons traces the lives of Warren and Arleta Martin as they seek a better life for their family. After their marriage, Warren goes to work for Arleta's father on his farm, but Arleta yearns for something better. The whole country is struggling through the depression, and after Mother Nature ravages the area where they live in Texas, money for work on the farm becomes scarce. Leaving his pregnant wife at home, Warren travels out of state to find a job that will pay cash, promising to be home before the baby is born. The story is told through the eyes of Mary, their oldest daughter-a bright and precocious child who is the center of her Grandma Jamison's world. Mary feels secure and loved, even in a world on the brink of World War II. Then that security is snatched away when her parents decide to travel west seeking a better life for their small family. The trip to California in a crowded car with the Jefferson family is a long, tiring ride in late December of 1941, especially to three-year-old Mary who has never seen these people before. When she realizes that this is not just a ride to town, but that they are leaving her beloved Grandma Jamison, she begs to return to Texas, but her wishes fall on deaf ears. When they finally reach their destination she discovers they have moved to what she describes as a 'wide spot in the road,' and their new house isn't much better than the one they left in Texas. Soon after arriving in California Mary is told she must learn to speak correctly, "There is no such word as ain't," she is told, and she's not to use southern slang-words like didja, gonna, gotta, and dozens of others. It's all very confusing, especially when she is informed that her Mama would henceforth be known as Mother. Soon more of her father's family joins them in California, and she doesn't feel quite so lonesome. Then she reaches school age, and comes face to face with a whole new world, when she discovers that she is just a small cog in

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L'autore:

Melba Stolhand was born near Aubrey, Texas, but grew up in the San Joaquin Valley of California. She is a widow, with two grown children, and decided she wanted her family to know their roots. Therefore, she began researching her family history and turned it into a collection of family stories. Changing Seasons is her first attempt at writing fiction. Melba has chosen to make her home in the delta area of Northern California where she is a member of the East Contra Costa Writers Group and credits them with giving her the courage to continue writing.

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• Editore: Xlibris
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1436333342
• ISBN 13: 9781436333344
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 426