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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100425233219
ISBN-139780425233214
eBay Product ID (ePID)74810395
Product Key Features
Book TitleThat Camden Summer
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicRomance / Historical / 20th Century, Small Town & Rural, Family Life, Historical
Publication Year2010
GenreFiction
AuthorLaVyrle Spencer
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight11.6 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsPraise for That Camden Summer "A modern fairy tale."-- People "Deft, unpretentious, and down-to-earth, LaVyrle Spencer...never fails to please."-- The Anniston Star More Praise for LaVyrle Spencer "Superb."-- Los Angeles Times "Warm and folksy and loving."-- Kirkus Reviews "Leaves the reader breathless."-- New York Daily News "[Spencer] delivers the goods."-- Publishers Weekly
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
Grade ToUP
SynopsisLaVyrle Spencer, known for her "heartrending slices of Americana"* writes of how love can be more special the second time around in this New York Times bestseller. It is 1916 and Roberta Jewett is surprised to find that her hometown of Camden, Maine, considers a divorced woman little more than a prostitute. Condemned by her mother and scorned by neighbors, she nonetheless perseveres in her struggle to forge a good life for her girls and herself. Behaving like no "respectable" woman would, she gets a job as a county nurse, learns to drive, and buys her very own Model T. Embittered by her painful marriage to an unfaithful husband, she has no intention of being any man's victim again. So Roberta is taken aback to find the widowed carpenter Gabriel Farley has somehow found his way into her heart. And in the ultimate test of will and devotion, she must depend on the man she has grown to love--and summon the courage to stand up to an entire town. " LaVyrle Spencer] knows how to tug at readers' heartstrings."--* Publishers Weekly, LaVyrle Spencer, known for her "heartrending slices of Americana"* writes of how love can be more special the second time around in this New York Times bestseller. It is 1916 and Roberta Jewett is surprised to find that her hometown of Camden, Maine, considers a divorced woman little more than a prostitute. Condemned by her mother and scorned by neighbors, she nonetheless perseveres in her struggle to forge a good life for her girls and herself. Behaving like no "respectable" woman would, she gets a job as a county nurse, learns to drive, and buys her very own Model T. Embittered by her painful marriage to an unfaithful husband, she has no intention of being any man's victim again. So Roberta is taken aback to find the widowed carpenter Gabriel Farley has somehow found his way into her heart. And in the ultimate test of will and devotion, she must depend on the man she has grown to love--and summon the courage to stand up to an entire town. "[LaVyrle Spencer] knows how to tug at readers' heartstrings."--* Publishers Weekly