Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Book. Fine. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin, 2000. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. INLCUDES EPHEMERA ABOUT AUTHOR. Reprint. 8vo. Olive green cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, flecked tan endpapers, 210 pp. Appears unread.It had been eight years since Hope's mom died in a car accident; eight years of shuffling from foster home to foster home, eight years of trying to hold on to the memories that tether her to her mother. Now Sarah, Hope's newest foster mom, has brought them from Minneapolis to spend the summer on the Nebraska farm where Sarah grew up. Hope is set adrift, anchored only by her ever-present, memory-laden backpack. Hope quickly discovers evidence of young girls who have lived in the farm house before her; diaries, letters- stories and secrets, coming through the years like echoes sounding across time. Fine in a fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

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It has been eight years since Hope’s mom died in a car accident. Eight years of shuffling from foster home to foster home. Eight years of trying to hold on to the memories that tether her to her mother. Now Sarah, Hope’s newest foster mom, has taken her from Minneapolis to spend the summer on the Nebraska farm where Sarah grew up. Hope is set adrift, anchored only by her ever-present and memory-heavy backpack. Accustomed to the clamor of city life, Hope is at first unsettled by the silence that descends over the farm each night. But listening deeply, she begins to hear the quiet: the crickets’ chirp, the windsong, the steady in and out of her own breath. Soon the silence is replaced by voices, like echoes sounding across time — the voices of girls who inhabited the old farmhouse before her. Reluctantly, Hope begins to stretch down roots in the earth and accept this new family as her own.

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Bookseller: Respectful Exits (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: EM-B0451-09
Title: Holding Up the Earth
Author: Gray, Dianne E
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: Reprint
ISBN 10: 0618007032
ISBN 13: 9780618007035
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 2000
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: COMING OF AGE LIFE CHANGING EVENTS DEATH OF PARENT CITY LIFE RURAL LIFE HISTORY DIARY LETTERS TEENAGERS
Bookseller catalogs: Signed Books; Children's Books;

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