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The cure for death by lightning / Gail Anderson-Dargatz

Catalog Data

Author:
Anderson-Dargatz, Gail 1963-  Search this
Physical description:
294 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Fiction
Historical fiction
Domestic fiction
Bildungsromans
Place:
British Columbia
Date:
1996
Notes:
"A Marc Jaffe book."
Summary:
A tale of farm life featuring Beth, 15, as she milks the cows, shovels manure and fights off advances by boys and her father. But she welcomes the advances of an Indian girl from a reservation and an affair develops, opening her eyes to a world rich in lore and spirits. The setting is Canada, the time the 1940s. A first novel.
Topic:
Teenage girls  Search this
Rural families  Search this
Abused teenagers  Search this
Cooking, Canadian  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_896763