Family Greene

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Rinaldi, Ann 저자(글)

Houghton Mifflin · 2011년 11월 15일

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ANN RINALDI is an award-winning author best known for bringing history vividly to life. A self-made writer and newspaper columnist for twenty-one years, Ms. Rinaldi attributes her interest in history to her son, who enlisted her to take part in historical reenactments up and down the East Coast. She lives with her husband in central New Jersey.
A mother "s scandalous past turns her daughter "s life upside down. Cornelia Greene "s mother, Caty Littlefield Greene, was once a beautiful young bride who lifted the troops " spirits at Valley Forge. Cornelia knows that rumors of Caty "s past indiscretions hurt Nathanael Greene, Cornelia "s adored father, but Caty claims that she "s just a flirt, and that flirting is a female necessity ?? woman "s only means of power. So Cornelia is shocked when she learns that Nathanael Greene may not be her father. As she searches for the truth, she makes unexpected discoveries that lead her to a new understanding of love and family.
Cornelia Greene is fed up with gossip about her mother. Caty Littlefield Greene was once a beautiful young bride who lifted the troops' spirits at Valley Forge, but Cornelia knows that rumors of Caty's past indiscretions hurt Nathanael Greene, Cornelia's adored father. Yet Caty claims that she's just a flirt, and that flirting is a female necessity-a woman's only means of power. Cornelia's concern with her mother's reputation abruptly fades to the background when she learns that Nathanael Greene may not be her father. As she searches for the truth, she makes unexpected discoveries that lead her to a new understanding of love and family.
Cornelia Greene is fed up with gossip about her mother. Caty Littlefield Greene was once a beautiful young bride who lifted the troops' spirits at Valley Forge, but Cornelia knows that rumors of Caty's past indiscretions hurt Nathanael Greene, Cornelia's adored father. Yet Caty claims that she's just a flirt, and that flirting is a female necessitya woman's only means of power. Cornelia's concern with her mother's reputation abruptly fades to the background when she learns that Nathanael Greene may not be her father. As she searches for the truth, she makes unexpected discoveries that lead her to a new understanding of love and family.
Cornelia Greene is fed up with gossip about her mother. Caty Littlefield Greene was once a beautiful young bride who lifted the troops??spirits at Valley Forge, but Cornelia knows that rumors of Caty?? past indiscretions hurt Nathanael Greene, Cornelia?? adored father. Yet Caty claims that she?? just a flirt, and that flirting is a female necessity-a woman?? only means of power. Cornelia?? concern with her mother?? reputation abruptly fades to the background when she learns that Nathanael Greene may not be her father. As she searches for the truth, she makes unexpected discoveries that lead her to a new understanding of love and family.
"Rinaldi once again takes readers to a historical time and place where strong female protagonists convincingly navigate their circumstances."
"Rinaldi once again takes readers to a historical time and place where strong female protagonists convincingly navigate their circumstances."-- School Library Journal

작가정보

저자(글) Rinaldi, Ann

ANN RINALDI is an award-winning author best known for bringing history vividly to life. A self-made writer and newspaper columnist for twenty-one years, Ms. Rinaldi attributes her interest in history to her son, who enlisted her to take part in historical reenactments up and down the East Coast. She lives with her husband in central New Jersey.

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ISBN	9780547577234 ( 0547577230 )
발행(출시)일자	2011년 11월 15일
쪽수	256쪽
크기	107 * 173 * 18 mm / 159 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어