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An American Childhood


Book Description
Annie Dillard remembers. She remembers the exhilaration of whipping a snowball at a car and having it hit straight on. She remembers playing with the skin on her mother's knuckles, which "didn't snap back; it lay dead across her knuckle in a yellowish ridge." She remembers the compulsion to spend a whole afternoon (or many whole afternoons) endlessly pitching a ball at a target. In this intoxi... More
Book Information
PublisherBlackstone Editions
BindingPreloaded Digital Audio Player (34 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-101441773959
ISBN-13978-1441773951
Publication Date04/2011
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About Annie Dillard (Author) : Annie Dillard is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Annie Dillard include An American Childhood, For the Time Being (G K Hall Large Print Book Series), Etruscans,... more
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About Tavia Gilbert (Narrator) : Tavia Gilbert is a published narrator. Published credits of Tavia Gilbert include Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism.
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