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Unsettled

Cover for 'Unsettled'
By Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Published by Ad Stellae Books
$2.99 Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: March 26, 2011
Words: 48,203 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452452685


Short description

Fifteen-year-old Jenny Middle struggles to hold her family together despite poverty, constant moves, the jail sentence and drunkenness of her mother, and a sister tragically involved with drugs. This timeless story of growing up forty years ago will be as relevant and moving to girls of today as it was to those who read it when first published under the title Poor Jenny, Bright as a Penny.

Extended description

From the reviews:

“A complex, grim . . . but finally moving story. . . . When you see what giant obstacles Jenny has to scale, what strength and inner resources she must throw into the effort, life for the rest of us seems suddenly to be lived on Easy Street.” —New York Times Book Review

“Though it was designed for . . . 13, 14, and 15-year olds, it kept me from sleep and television the other night. . . . A moving story about a poor urban family whose pattern of life (Read more)

Tags

writing, drugs, teens, courage, families, poverty, life challenges, life affirmation

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