
The Ballad Of Jessie Pearl
"Sometimes when the kerosene lamp casts shadows, I think I see Ma’s ghost. If she were still alive, she’d say, Jessie Pearl, you keep on studying. Not everybody is cut out to be a farm wife. We’ll find a way to pay for teachers’ college. Leave your pa to me.""And tonight, Ma would notice how my hands are trembling. I can almost hear her voice. Jessie, fourteen is too young to help birth a baby. Wh...
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Publisher: namelos llc; 1 edition (December 9, 2012)
Publication Date: December 9, 2012
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Language: English
ASIN: B00AM1HC1W
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“Jessie would like to study to be a teacher, but family tragedy strikes. When her sister is diagnosed with tuberculosis, she steps in to raise her nephew and keep house. She also has a sweetheart, J.T., who she’d love to spend time with but her new re...”
don’t you go and study in the kitchen? But Ma is just a memory."It’s 1922, and Jessie has big plans for her future, but that’s before tuberculosis strikes. Though she has no talent for cooking, cleaning, or nursing, Jessie puts her dreams on hold to help her family. She falls in love for the first time ever, and suddenly what she wants is not so simple anymore.Inspired by Shannon Hitchcock’s family history, The Ballad of Jessie Pearl wraps you like an old quilt in the traditions, tastes, and dialect of rural North Carolina.
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