| Blackbird Contributor(s): Lauck, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0671042564 ISBN-13: 9780671042561 Publisher: Washington Square Press OUR PRICE: $23.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: With the startling emotional immediacy of a fractured family photo album, Lauck's memoir is the story of an ordinary girl growing up at the turn of the 1970s, and the truly extraordinary circumstances of a childhood lost. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Editors, Journalists, Publishers - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 5.44" W x 8.38" (0.83 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Geographic Orientation - Nevada - Topical - Family - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 58250 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 17.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With the startling emotional immediacy of a fractured family photo album, Jennifer Lauck's incandescent memoir is the story of an ordinary girl growing up at the turn of the 1970s and the truly extraordinary circumstances of a childhood lost. Wrenching and unforgettable, Blackbird will carry your heart away. To young Jenny, the house on Mary Street was home -- the place where she was loved, a blue-sky world of Barbies, Bewitched, and the Beatles. Even her mother's pain from her mysterious illness could be patted away with powder and a kiss on the cheek. But when everything that Jenny had come to rely on begins to crumble, an odyssey of loss, loneliness, and a child's will to survive takes flight.... |
Contributor Bio(s): Lauck, Jennifer: - Jennifer Lauck is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Blackbird and its sequel, Still Waters. She lives with her husband, son, and daughter in Portland, Oregon. |