| Learning Joy from Dogs Without Collars Contributor(s): Summer, Lauralee (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743257928 ISBN-13: 9780743257923 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $21.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: Free of self-pity and pretension and bursting with meaning, this memoir of a resilient girl who went from "homeless to Harvard" is a masterwork of the genre. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Self-help | Personal Growth - Success |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003042712 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.6" W x 8.56" (0.73 lbs) 351 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 76664 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 17.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Learning Joy from Dogs without Collars is a memoir about growing up homeless. Lauralee Summer and her eccentric, idealistic mother move repeatedly in search of work and a better life, but most often find happiness and security only in their relationship with each other. When she reaches junior high Lauralee and her mother set out for Boston in search of a better education. There Lauralee thrives under the care and guidance of Mr. Mac, becomes the only girl on the school wrestling team, and goes on to Harvard. Later, when she's nineteen, she finds her father and begins a relationship with him. Learning Joy from Dogs without Collars is the story of a girl coming into her own, learning and understanding her place in the world. It is about the innocence and resiliency of childhood -- the space of joy that poverty is unable to demolish or diminish. |