- Drama, Mothers and daughters, Family, Children's plays
An embittered widow lives with her teenage daughters in a ramshackle house where she makes a living by nursing an elderly invalid. Alternately charming and abrasive, Beatrice is selfish like her elder daughter, Ruth, who suffers from convulsions. The younger daughter, Matilda, is an eccentric outcast who earns respect by winning top honors at school for her science fair project.
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Intimate, spare, classical in form and grave.
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Paul Zindel
- First published
- 1970
- Pages
- 102
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning Prebound, Harper & Row, Starfire
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780553125481
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