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Adelaide Piper
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Adelaide Piper
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Beth Webb Hart
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:340 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 143 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781595540270
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| Classifications | Dewey:FIC |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Thomas Nelson Publishers
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| Imprint |
Thomas Nelson Publishers
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| Publication Date |
14 June 2006 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
"With humor and a nice southern accent...a fine follow-up to her highlypraised first novel, Grace at Love Tide."-Booklist, starred review The year is 1989 and dark currents lurk beneath the smooth surface of theelite Virginia campus where Adelaide Piper has come to study. Her poeticsensibility and idealism only irritate the socialites and cynics who notice herat all. After a heartbreaking loss of innocence, Adelaide must navigate between hergenteel Southern upbringing and the gritty realities of a new generation. Ultimately Adelaide must return to the very ground she once cursed, findinga deeper appreciation for her Southern heritage, however broken and imperfect. Featured in Southern Living's Books of the South
Author Biography
Beth Webb Hart, a South Carolina native, is the best-selling author of Grace at Low Tide and The Wedding Machine. She serves as a speaker and creative writing instructor at schools, libraries, and churches throughout the region, and she has received two national teaching awards from Scholastic, Inc. Hart lives with her husband and their family in Charleston.
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