Bernadette Dunne
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" is the coming-of-age story of young, sensitive, and idealistic Francie Nolan and her bittersweet fromative years in the turn-of-the-century Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn. This poignant and moving classic of American literature is filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and incident.
Author
Language
English
Description
Pippa Lee, a fifty-year-old woman who lives a contented life with her older husband, becomes unsettled when he suggests they leave the city for a retirement community, and after catching herself sleepwalking, she looks back on her life and thinks about how to set an example for her children.
Author
Language
English
Description
A whimsical, moving novel about a retirement home for literary legends who spar, conjure up new stories, and almost magically change the lives of the people around them. Alfonse Carducci was a literary giant who lived his life to excess, lovers, alcohol, parties, and literary rivalries. But now he's come to the Bar Harbor Home for the Elderly to spend the remainder of his days among kindred spirits: the publishing industry's nearly gone but never...
Author
Language
English
Description
After her marriage fails and she loses custody of her children and her house, Barb Barnett moves into the former house of literary genius Vladimir Nabokov, discovering what could be his last unpublished manuscript and embarking on a journey toward her own redemption.