Transitions - Rose Louise Hammond

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Résumé :
Transitions begins with a young Maggie Dorsey, a skinny-legged, shy, eleven-year-old, who like so many families come from a divided home. She is part of a siblingship of four brothers and one sister who live in a small, two-bedroom home on Rural Route 1, a dirt road, seven miles from the city limits of White Cloud. The mother is the sole provider and decision-maker. The oldest brother over-sees the siblings&rsquo...

Biographie:
d pray for her father to return home. After hearing their conversation, she prayed harder. Oh God, please hear my prayer and bring our daddy back home. I don&rsquo...

Sommaire:
daily list of chores taped to the refrigerator door. Maggie over-hear the aunt and mother talking about ways to bring money into the household. One being welfare and the other picking crops. Many nights she&rsquo...