A Bird In The House: Penguin Modern Classics Edition by Laurence, Margaret, U...
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A Bird In The House: Penguin Modern Classics Edition by Laurence, Margaret, U.... In eight interconnected, finely wrought stories, Margaret Laurence recreates the world of Vanessa MacLeod--a world of scrub-oak, willow, and chokecherry bushes; of family love and conflict; and of a girl's growing awareness of and passage into womanhood. A Bird In The House: Penguin Modern Classics Edition by Laurence, Margaret, ISBN 0735252823, ISBN-13 9780735252820, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US One of Canada's most accomplished authors combines the best qualities of both the short story and the novel to create a lyrical evocation of the beauty, pain, and wonder of growing up, now available as a Penguin Modern Classic. In eight interconnected, finely wrought stories, Margaret Laurence recreates the world of Vanessa MacLeod--a world of scrub-oak, willow, and chokecherry bushes; of family love and conflict; and of a girl's growing awareness of and passage into womanhood. The stories blend into one masterly and moving whole: poignant, compassionate, and profound in emotional impact. In this fourth book of the five-volume Manawaka series, Vanessa MacLeod takes her rightful place alongside the other unforgettable heroines of Manawaka: Hagar Shipley in The Stone Angel , Rachel Cameron in A Jest of God , Stacey MacAindra inThe Fire-Dwellers , and Morag Gunn in The Diviners .
