The Fattening Hut
by Pat Lowery Collins
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0618309551
- ISBN 13
- 9780618309559
- Seller
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About This Item
First edition of the author's third novel for children. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. "Summary: A teenage girl living on a tropical island runs away to escape her tribe's customs of arranged marriages and female genital mutilation". Near Fine copy with spine head lightly bumped in Near Fine Dust Wrapper with creasing to/around the spine head. bx51
Synopsis
Helen doesn’t want to stay in the fattening hut. She’s told her mother that she’s too young, not ready for it. Why must she marry so soon? She doesn’t want to gorge on rich meals for monthsuntil she is round and heavy, like a good bride should be. Just like her mother and sister before her, just like all the women of her tribe. When she finds out the terrible secret the fattening hut harbors, she becomes even more confused and defiant. Lonely, scared, and feeling hemmed in by family, by culture, and by tradition, Helen fights for the chance to be educated, young, and free.
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- Bookseller
- biblioboy (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62194
- Title
- The Fattening Hut
- Author
- Pat Lowery Collins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618309551
- ISBN 13
- 9780618309559
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 186
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Keywords
- 0618309551, CHILDREN'S, FICTION, RUNAWAYS, FEMALE, CIRCUMCISION, SEX, ROLE, ISLAND, TROPICS
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Coming of Age; Fiction / Relationships; Fiction / Juvenile;
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