| When the White House Was Ours Contributor(s): Shreve, Porter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618722106 ISBN-13: 9780618722105 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: The author of "The Obituary Writer"--a "New York Times" Notable Book--presents a charming story of one family's struggle to run their own alternative school in a time of Democratic idealism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008011432 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.6" W x 8" (0.65 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Washington, D.C. - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Loosely based on Porter Shreve's own childhood, When the White House Was Ours is the atmospheric and captivating story of a family's struggle to stay together against great odds. It's 1976, and while the country prepares to celebrate the bicentennial, Daniel Truitt's family is falling apart. His father, Pete, has been fired from yet another teaching job, and his mother, Valerie, is one step away from leaving for good. But when Pete lucks into a crumbling mansion in the nation's capital, he makes a bold plan to start a school under his own roof where students and teachers will be equals. Replete with the wry humor, human insight, and cultural resonance that characterizes Shreve's critically acclaimed fiction, When the White House Was Ours will be a joy to anyone whose family has lived through an idealistic time and ended up in an era of compromise. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shreve, Porter: - PORTER SHREVE was born during the Lyndon Johnson administration, and grew up in Washington, D.C. In the 1970s his family started an alternative school called Our House Is a Very, Very, Very Fine House, and some of When the White House Was Ours is loosely based on that experience. Shreve's first novel, The Obituary Writer, was a New York Times Notable Book, and his second, Drives Like a Dream, was a Chicago Tribune Book of the Year. |