Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /www/libraryLand/subs/suspense/engine/classes/templates.class.php on line 232 Call Stack: 0.0005 407504 1. {main}() /www/libraryLand/subs/suspense/engine/rss.php:0 Molly Beth Griffin - Free Library Land Online - Suspense https://suspense.library.land/ ru Molly Beth Griffin - Free Library Land Online - Suspense DataLife Engine Silhouette of a Sparrow https://suspense.library.land/molly-beth-griffin/372398-silhouette_of_a_sparrow.html https://suspense.library.land/molly-beth-griffin/372398-silhouette_of_a_sparrow.html Silhouette of a Sparrow
In the summer of 1926, sixteen-year-old Garnet Richardson is sent to a lake resort to escape the polio epidemic in the city. She dreams of indulging her passion for ornithology and visiting the famous new amusement park--a summer of fun before she returns for her final year of high school, after which she’s expected to marry a nice boy and settle into middle-class homemaking. But in the country, Garnet finds herself under the supervision of equally oppressive guardians--her father’s wealthy cousin and the matron’s stuck-up daughter. Only a liberating job in a hat shop, an intense, secret relationship with a daring and beautiful flapper, and a deep faith in her own fierce heart can save her from the suffocating boredom of traditional femininity.

Silhouette of a Sparrow is a coming-of-age story about a search for wildness in a confining time, and a simultaneous quest for security in an era full of unrest. It is the tale of a young woman’s discovery...]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:43:50 +0200