They Came Like Swallows Contributor(s): Maxwell, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 067977257X ISBN-13: 9780679772576 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1997 Annotation: hrough the eyes of two boys and their father, William Maxwell reveals the complex woman who is the unacknowledged source of their happiness--and whose death during the influenza epic of 1918 will devastate them all. They Came Like Swallows tenderly depicts the currents of love and need that run through every family--and whose true depth becomes evident only in moments of tragedy. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 96046880 |
Series: Vintage International |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.40 lbs) 192 pages |
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Publisher Description: To eight-year old Bunny Morison, his mother is an angelic comforter in whose absence nothing is real or alive. To his older brother, Robert, his mother is someone he must protect, especially since the deadly, influenza epidemic of 1918 is ravaging their small Midwestern town. To James Morison, his wife, Elizabeth, is the center of a life that would disintegrate all too suddenly were she to disappear. |