Baby of the Family
Published on 31. May 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
276 pages
978-0-15-610150-9 (ISBN)
Description
An evocative, delicately comic story of a girl's coming of age. From the moment of her birth in a rural black hospital in Georgia, Lena McPherson is recognized as a special child, with the power to see ghosts and predict the future. Named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Young adult
US School Grade: Fourth Grade and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
268 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-15-610150-9 (9780156101509)
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Person
Tina McElroy Ansa is the author of Baby of the Family, The Hand I Fan With, and You Know Better. A frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, she can be seen on the CBS News Sunday Morning segment "Postcards from Georgia." She lives with her husband on St. Simons Island, Georgia.