Child of my Heart. (Audiobooks: Fiction).CHILD OF MY HEART. Alice McDermott Alice McDermott (born June 27, 1953) is Johns Hopkins University's Writer-in-Residence. Born in Brooklyn, New York, McDermott attended St. Boniface School in Elmont, Long Island, NY [1967], Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead NY [1971], the State University of New York at Oswego, . 2002. Read by Sheryl Bernstein. 7 cds. 8.5 hrs. Renaissance Audio. $38.00. 1-55927-768-8. Card-board; plot, author notes. SA Besides being an exceptionally beautiful 15-year-old, Theresa has a magical ability that causes children and animals to love her. Thus she is much in demand by the wealthy summer residents of East Hampton East Hampton or its variants is the name of several places in the United States:
n. pl. com·plic·i·ties Involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or a crime. complicity Noun pl -ties in concealing her condition infuses this novel with a profound poignancy. Bernstein creates a wonderful adolescent voice for the insightful and always cheerful Theresa. She also voices the numerous other characters with an exceptional talent for the voice of the toddler Flora whose famous aging artist father becomes Theresa's first introduction to her own sexuality and the impression her stunning beauty makes on adults. McDermott has a real gift for observing the adult world through the eyes of a teen whose idyllic, carefree summer has an underlying menace. A provocative coming-of-age novel. Carol Kellerman, Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. , NM |
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