Hale, Marian.

The goodbye season / Marian Hale. - 1st ed. - New York : Henry Holt, 2009. - 271 p. ; 21 cm.

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In Canton, Texas, seventeen-year-old Mercy's dreams of a different life than her mother's are postponed by harsh circumstances, including the influenza epidemic of 1918-19, which forces her into doing domestic work for a loving, if troubled, family.

Young Adult. Young Adult Follett Library Resources.

0805088555 (trade : hc : alk. paper) 9780805088557 (trade : hc : alk. paper)

2008050275


Families--Texas--Juvenile fiction.
Grief--Juvenile fiction.
Household employees--Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Coming of age--Fiction.
Family life--Texas--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Household employees--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Family life--Texas--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Household employees--Fiction.
Mother-daughter relationship--Fiction.


Texas--History--1846-1950--Juvenile fiction.
Texas--History--1846-1950--Fiction.
Texas--History--Fiction.


Bildungsromans.
Historical fiction.

PZ7.H1373 / Goo 2009

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