Kit's law
(Book)
Author:
Published:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st Mariner Books ed.
Physical Desc:
383 pages : ill. ; 21 cm.
Status:
Description
Kit Pitman is fourteen and lives in a ramshackle cottage on the outer banks of Newfoundland, where isolation is all she knows. The only visitors are fogbound fishermen and an occasional young man brought ashore to keep the bloodlines clean. But Kit's isolation is compounded by the mystery that surrounds her family and her illegitimate birth. Her mother, Josie, is mentally disabled and often runs wild among the clapboard houses that dot the shore. Meanwhile, her grandmother Lizzie staunchly guards them both from the disapproving glances pious townsfolk cast their way. But when Lizzie dies suddenly, Kit and her childlike mother are left vulnerable to life's harsh realities and to unexpected dangers that repeatedly threaten to break them apart. A wrenching story ensues, as Morrissey depicts with exceptional grace the way the lines between mother and daughter in this unlikely relationship, although blurred, are deeply felt. Kit's Law is a novel of extraordinary, almost mythical power and marks the debut of an enormous new talent.
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Status
Wallingford Adult Fiction
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0618109277
Notes
General Note
"A Mariner book."
General Note
"Mariner original"--Cover.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Morrissey, D. (2001). Kit's law. 1st Mariner Books ed. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Morrissey, Donna, 1956-. 2001. Kit's Law. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Morrissey, Donna, 1956-, Kit's Law. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
MLA Citation (style guide)Morrissey, Donna. Kit's Law. 1st Mariner Books ed. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
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