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Having been forced to act as mother and housekeeper during Mama's illness, twelve-year-old Amanda has a holiday in Memphis, far removed from the Depression drudgery of her Kentucky mountain family, and finds her world expanding even as she grows to understand and appreciate her background.
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4 editions- Other · English · 1999University Press of Kentucky · 127 pages · 9780813109725
- Other · English · 1994Demco Media · 9780606004770
- Other · English · 1990Bantam · 165 pages · 9780553283808
- Other · English · 1988Orchard Books · 154 pages · 9780531083512
FictionJuvenile fictionDepressionsMountain lifeFamily lifeFamilyChildren's fictionGirls, fiction