Durable goods / Elizabeth Berg.
by Berg, Elizabeth.
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BookPublisher: New York : Random, 1993Description: 192 p.ISBN: 0679422080 :.Subject(s): Military bases -- Fiction | Fathers and daughters -- Fiction | Children of military personnel -- Fiction | Domestic -- Fiction | Texas -- FictionDDC classification: Fic Summary: In the sweltering heat of summer, on a small army base in rural Texas, Katie waits impatiently for her life to change. Though battered by the recent death of her mother, her spirit remains miraculously strong. She is filled with longings: for a boy to fall in love with her the way Dickie Mac has fallen for her sister; for her father to stop hitting her; for her life to become less uncertain. And she knows that day is coming soon. Durable Goods is a masterful work that gently captures the subtle nuances of childhood's end...and the pain, sorrow and stirring hope of inevitable transformation.
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In the sweltering heat of summer, on a small army base in rural Texas, Katie waits impatiently for her life to change. Though battered by the recent death of her mother, her spirit remains miraculously strong. She is filled with longings: for a boy to fall in love with her the way Dickie Mac has fallen for her sister; for her father to stop hitting her; for her life to become less uncertain. And she knows that day is coming soon. Durable Goods is a masterful work that gently captures the subtle nuances of childhood's end...and the pain, sorrow and stirring hope of inevitable transformation.
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