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Pieces of the picture

by Barbara Joosse · 1989

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Deeply resentful of having to move from Chicago to rural Wisconsin after her father's death, teenage Emily struggles to understand her seemingly calm, hard-working mother and to come to terms with her own mixed emotions.

Genre
coming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
Themes
griefgriefMore like thisLess of thismother daughtermother daughterMore like thisLess of thismothersmothersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisWisconsinWisconsinMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 135 pages

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