Beschreibung Das junge Mädchen Mary ist durch ihr Leben auf dem Bauernhof an ein hartes Leben gewöhnt. Mit fünfzehn Jahren zieht sie schließlich in den Haushalt des Dorfpfarrers und kümmert sich um seine schwer kranke Ehefrau. Das Leben von Mary verändert sich schlagartig, doch eines bleibt: Marys...
The ability to write is so ubiquitous to people in the developed world that it’s easy to forget how powerful a thing it really is. Once we know how to write, then we can share our stories with people we will never meet. When we can write, we can leave a mark on the world that speaks for us when we’r...
Good novel about a young girl on a farm in England (I think) who goes to work for a local minister, and what transpires from there. Nell Leyshon writes in a deliberately naive style; Mary has only just learned to read and write, and writes simply and directly. I enjoyed the book and didn't find it t...
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my name is jeanette. j.e.a.n.e.t.t.e.i am very tall and my hair is the colour of weak tea.this is my review and i am writing it by my own hand in the year of our lord twenty-thirteen.i did read this book, and my teeth did grind and my eyes did cross for that there were no upper-case letters on any p...
This left me conflicted.... Definitely crossed the "memorable" threshold, but I can only recommend it as an example of highly-stylized lit-fic.
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