bullbearpigdog
Meet Sahm: a precocious ‘tween with a flair for deadpan humor and a wicked stomachache. A newcomer to the small town she has moved to after her father’s death, Sahm navigates the suburban world of upstate New York circa 1974, while ducking and dodging the toxic barbs and emotional ambushes her older sister lobs her way. A coming of age tale of loss, healing, resilience and the exquisite pathos of childhood, bullbearpigdog takes the reader along on Sahm’s journey.
Using first person narration, bullbearpigdog’s strength lies in the simplicity and clarity of its prose. Sahm leaps off every page, her stomachache and her inner thoughts equally well-handled and solidly anchored in time and place. She is Everykid, and a wide range of readers – male and female, young adult and adult -- will relate to her efforts to make the best of her lot. Dealing with her sister’s unusual and relentless psychotic delusion, her mom’s depression unveiled through bland meals and barely-there parenting, and the social stigma of having a dead Jewish father challenges Sahm to just plain make it through each day. Never cloying, and rigorously kids-eye-view, Sahm offers the reader an antihero heroine who models the search for meaning and identity with matter-of-fact grace.
Intended for girls ages 13 through adult, bullbearpigdog offers a solid foundation: excellent plot development, page-turning pacing, well-developed three-dimensional characters, and a classic theme shot through with original details. Issue laden, bullbearpigdog deals with multiculturalism, mental illness, domestic violence, and the survival of childhood trauma, while remaining loyal to the characters and steadfast in allowing Sahm to tell her story in her own voice. The result is a novel that captures an experience of Otherness from the inside out.
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Using first person narration, bullbearpigdog’s strength lies in the simplicity and clarity of its prose. Sahm leaps off every page, her stomachache and her inner thoughts equally well-handled and solidly anchored in time and place. She is Everykid, and a wide range of readers – male and female, young adult and adult -- will relate to her efforts to make the best of her lot. Dealing with her sister’s unusual and relentless psychotic delusion, her mom’s depression unveiled through bland meals and barely-there parenting, and the social stigma of having a dead Jewish father challenges Sahm to just plain make it through each day. Never cloying, and rigorously kids-eye-view, Sahm offers the reader an antihero heroine who models the search for meaning and identity with matter-of-fact grace.
Intended for girls ages 13 through adult, bullbearpigdog offers a solid foundation: excellent plot development, page-turning pacing, well-developed three-dimensional characters, and a classic theme shot through with original details. Issue laden, bullbearpigdog deals with multiculturalism, mental illness, domestic violence, and the survival of childhood trauma, while remaining loyal to the characters and steadfast in allowing Sahm to tell her story in her own voice. The result is a novel that captures an experience of Otherness from the inside out.
bullbearpigdog
Meet Sahm: a precocious ‘tween with a flair for deadpan humor and a wicked stomachache. A newcomer to the small town she has moved to after her father’s death, Sahm navigates the suburban world of upstate New York circa 1974, while ducking and dodging the toxic barbs and emotional ambushes her older sister lobs her way. A coming of age tale of loss, healing, resilience and the exquisite pathos of childhood, bullbearpigdog takes the reader along on Sahm’s journey.
Using first person narration, bullbearpigdog’s strength lies in the simplicity and clarity of its prose. Sahm leaps off every page, her stomachache and her inner thoughts equally well-handled and solidly anchored in time and place. She is Everykid, and a wide range of readers – male and female, young adult and adult -- will relate to her efforts to make the best of her lot. Dealing with her sister’s unusual and relentless psychotic delusion, her mom’s depression unveiled through bland meals and barely-there parenting, and the social stigma of having a dead Jewish father challenges Sahm to just plain make it through each day. Never cloying, and rigorously kids-eye-view, Sahm offers the reader an antihero heroine who models the search for meaning and identity with matter-of-fact grace.
Intended for girls ages 13 through adult, bullbearpigdog offers a solid foundation: excellent plot development, page-turning pacing, well-developed three-dimensional characters, and a classic theme shot through with original details. Issue laden, bullbearpigdog deals with multiculturalism, mental illness, domestic violence, and the survival of childhood trauma, while remaining loyal to the characters and steadfast in allowing Sahm to tell her story in her own voice. The result is a novel that captures an experience of Otherness from the inside out.
Using first person narration, bullbearpigdog’s strength lies in the simplicity and clarity of its prose. Sahm leaps off every page, her stomachache and her inner thoughts equally well-handled and solidly anchored in time and place. She is Everykid, and a wide range of readers – male and female, young adult and adult -- will relate to her efforts to make the best of her lot. Dealing with her sister’s unusual and relentless psychotic delusion, her mom’s depression unveiled through bland meals and barely-there parenting, and the social stigma of having a dead Jewish father challenges Sahm to just plain make it through each day. Never cloying, and rigorously kids-eye-view, Sahm offers the reader an antihero heroine who models the search for meaning and identity with matter-of-fact grace.
Intended for girls ages 13 through adult, bullbearpigdog offers a solid foundation: excellent plot development, page-turning pacing, well-developed three-dimensional characters, and a classic theme shot through with original details. Issue laden, bullbearpigdog deals with multiculturalism, mental illness, domestic violence, and the survival of childhood trauma, while remaining loyal to the characters and steadfast in allowing Sahm to tell her story in her own voice. The result is a novel that captures an experience of Otherness from the inside out.
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940013417762 |
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| Publisher: | Heather Rolland |
| Publication date: | 09/26/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 117 KB |
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