Growing Up Ivy
Living in grim Depression-era Toronto with her actress mother, Frannie, Ivy Chalmers has never met her father. In 1931, Frannie sends 12-year-old Ivy to stay with her paternal grandmother in Larkin, Ontario, while she seeks stardom in New York City. When Ivy's father, Alva, arrives unexpectedly in Larkin, he turns out not to be the Prince Charming she imagined, but an illiterate peddler. Rescuing Ivy from her uncompromising grandmother, Alva takes her with him for the summer, wandering the countryside by horse-drawn caravan and selling shoes.In the course of their travels, Ivy meets teenager Charlie Bayliss, orphaned as an infant and raised b…
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- ISBN: 978-1-55488-723-1
- EAN: 9781554887231
- Produktnummer: 6559815
- Verlag: Dundurn Pr Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 250 S.
- Masse: H18.0 cm x B13.2 cm x D1.5 cm 249 g
- Gewicht: 249
- Sonstiges: Ab 12 - 15 J.
Über den Autor
Peggy Dymond Leavey's previous books include Sky Lake Summer, The Deep End Gang, and The Path Through the Trees, all of which were nominated for the Silver Birch Award. Recently, she published Growing Up Ivy and Mary Pickford. Peggy lives in Trenton, Ontario.
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