- Country life, Family problems, Fiction, History
After her father returns from the war moody and tired, Marly's family decides to move from the city to Maple Hill Farm in the Pennsylvania countryside where they share many adventures which help restore their spirits and their bond with each other.
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Earnest, classical in form, resolved and intimate.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
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About the book
- First published
- 1956
- Pages
- 199
- Publisher
- Paw Prints 2008-08-11, Brockhampton Press, Harcourt
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- Arabic, English, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9781439517161
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“"Mother, say the scoot-thing again," Marly said.”
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