![]() ![]() ![]() She then attended the University of Nebraska, initially planning to become a physician, but after writing an article for the Nebraska State Journal, she became a regular contributor to this journal. Wilella Sibert Cather was born in Back Creek Valley (Gore), Virginia, in December 7, 1873. This meticulous digital edition from Heritage Publishing is a faithful reproduction of the original texts. Just as accessible and enjoyable for today's modern readers as they would have been when first published well over a century ago, the novels are some of the great works of American literature and continue to be widely read and studied throughout the world. It tells the moving story of immigrant pioneers whose persistence and strength helped to build America. ![]() My Antoniá is one of Cather's earliest novels. It revolves around the fascinating story of a young girl who heads to the big city in search of the American dream. ![]() The Song of the Lark is the self-portrait of an artist in the making. O Pioneers! is a powerful early Cather novel that tells the compelling tale of a young girl with the tough task of taking care of her frontier family after their father's death. The Prairie Trilogy is Pulitzer prize-winning author Willa Cather's highly acclaimed series of novels that deal with the ordinary everyday lives of Americans in plainspoken language. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Things don’t go smoothly during the recipe exchange. Although Andrew would rather not pay Sharon for anything, he can’t stop thinking about it. That is, until his obnoxious classmate Sharon lets Andrew in on her secret: the recipe for "freckle juice" has been in her family for years. ![]() ![]() The only problem is, freckles seem impossible to get. Kelly either, because he wouldn’t be so distracted by Nicky’s freckles. One day Andrew counted 86 of them! If only Andrew could find out how to get them, he wouldn’t have to wash his neck and he’d never be late for school! He probably wouldn’t get in as much trouble with Ms. His classmate Nicky Lane has the perfect set of freckles. Second grader Andrew Marcus wants freckles more than anything in the world. What does it mean to accept who you are?.What is something that makes you unique?.What would it be like if everyone was the same?.Have you ever wished you could be like someone else? Why did you feel that way?. ![]() ![]() ![]() From growing up in a Boston homeless shelter to bartending in San Francisco, Fitzgerald strives to take control of his own story and embrace the idea that one can be generous to oneself by being generous to others. He joined The Rumpus, a literary magazine, as the first employee in. ![]() His memoir-in-essays begins with a childhood moving at breakneck speed from safety to violence, a pilgrimage through trauma to self-understanding and, ultimately, acceptance. Fitzgerald is a frequent guest on The Today Show where he shares book recommendations. But before all that, he was a bomb that exploded his parents’ lives―or so he was told. Isaac Fitzgerald has been an altar boy, a bartender, a smuggler, and a biker. Many a Massachusetts reader-especially the guys - may feel this one. After reading it, I can see why this one had so much buzz- A TIME Best Book of the Summer, a Rolling Stone Top Culture Pick, and a 2022 New England Book Award Finalist, among others. Fitzgerald who was the first books editor at Buzzfeed, frequently shares reading recommendations on The Today Show, and is the author of the popular Substack newsletter Walk It Off. ![]() “Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional,” by Isaac FitzgeraldĪn instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller, I initially was drawn to the title. ![]() |