Ring Around The Moon
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Ring Around The Moon. Title: Ring Around The Moon. Number of Pages: 304. Weight: 0.9 lbs. Publication Date: 2015-05-19. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Ring Around The Moon ISBN13: 9780688172275 ISBN10: 068817227X Author: Smith, Mary Burnett (Author) Description: In This Thought-Provoking And Powerful Novel, A Young Girl Must Grow Up Too Soon As She Watches Her Family Disintegrate Around Her A Cry In The Night Awakens Ten-Year-Old Amy Beale And Alerts Her To The Difficulties In Her Parents' Marriage Earlier That Steamy Evening In July 1940, Her Mother, Arleatha, Witnessed Yet Another Of Her Husband's Infidelities At One Of His Notorious Rent Parties Amy Overhears Her Sobbing In The Middle Of The Night, As Jack Beale Begs For Another Chance Arleatha Agrees To Give Him One Year From Her Bed, A Terrified Amy Tries To Strike A Bargain With God: Keep The Family Together, And She Will Never Do Anything Bad Amen In Ring Around The Moon, An Older, Wiser Amy Looks Back On That Pivotal Year As She Chronicles The Family's Move From A Small Colored Community To An Affluent Town Nearby; The Conflict There As She And Her Brothers, Lonnie And James, Adjust To New Friends, A New School, And Interfering Relatives And Neighbors As The Months Pass, The Struggle Between Jack And Arleatha Continues A Proud Man Who Feels Trapped In His Black Skin, Jack Wants A Family But Cannot Help Always Looking For The Good Life For Himself Then A Terrible Incident Threatens To Break Up The Family Once And For All The Author Of The Much-Loved Miss Ophelia Introduces Wonderfully Realized Characters In The Story Of The Beale Family, As Daughter Amy Chronicles Her Parents' Troubles During The Final Year Of Their Relationship Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: William Morrow & Company Publication Date: 2015-05-19 Weight: 0.9 lbs Dimensions: 0.74'' H x 8.46'' L x 5.72'' W Number of Pages: 304 Language: English
