Eight Miles From Nowhere
Published on 29. May 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
118 pages
978-1-64300-165-4 (ISBN)
Description
Imagine the isolation of a place where, within several miles of home, there were no people other than immediate family—no modern conveniences, telephones, television, internet, newspaper or mail delivery, supermarkets or shopping malls. Imagine a terrain sometimes more hospitable to mesquite trees, rattlesnakes, and jackrabbits than to human inhabitants. Imagine hot, dry weather that could change abruptly as a blue norther rolled in across the plains, dropping temperatures thirty or forty degrees before nightfall. Could you thrive in such an environment? The author did, and she reflects on these vicissitudes with both nostalgia and humor.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
3 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
184 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64300-165-4 (9781643001654)
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Frances Thomas
Eight Miles From Nowhere
E-Book
06/2018
Covenant Books, Inc.
€9.49
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Person
Frances Thomas was born in Wales, but has lived in London for most of her life. Some years ago, she and her historian husband moved to mid-Wales. She has written many books for adults and children. One of her recent children's novels, Finding Minerva, won the Tir na nOg prize in 2008, and her picture book, Supposing, illustrated by Ross Collins, won a Scottish Arts Council Award in 1999.Her biography of Christina Rossetti has been recently reprinted, and she is planning to write a biography of Eleanor Farjeon. As well as writing, she worked for many years teaching dyslexic children. She has two adult daughters and two grandchildren. You can visit her website at www.francesthomas.org.