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Dream Me Home Safely: Writers on Growing Up in America
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Book Description
In the title essay of this extraordinary keepsake of childhood in America, John Edgar Wideman pays fierce tribute to a complex mother who "used to dream me home safely by sitting up and waiting for me to stumble in." The young writer Bich Minh Nguyen remembers arriving in Michigan from Vietnam in 1975 and a classmate who said, "Your house smells funny," and Michael Parker recalls a sister's vivid ... More
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PublisherMariner Books
BindingPaperback (2 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages240
ISBN-100618379029
ISBN-13978-0618379026
Publication Date10/22/2003
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About SUSAN SHREVE (Editor) : SUSAN SHREVE is a published author and an editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of SUSAN SHREVE include Joshua T. Bates Takes Charge, Kiss Me Tomorrow, A Student of Living Things.
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About Marian Wright Edelman (Foreword) : Marian Wright Edelman is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Marian Wright Edelman include Hope for Children in Poverty: Profiles and Possibi... more
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