"Byars has the uncanny ability to know the secret lives...the outward postures, and the exact words her characters would surely use."--The New York Times Book Review--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

内容简介

With their mother dead and their father working nights, Retta tries to be mother to her two younger brothers but somehow things just don t seem to be working right.

作者简介

Betsy Byars, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, received a degree in English from Queens College there. Currently, she lives in Clemson, SC with her husband, a college professor. They have four grown children--one son and three daughters--and five grandchildren. "My own hobbies," Byars says, "are rather quiet. I like to read and do needlework, and I love animals. But my husband has some very interesting hobbies, and through him, I've learned to fly and earned my pilot's license. Together, we fly all over the United States. Since our children are all grown now, we also travel a great deal in Europe, but we take commercial flights because our plane is not really equipped to make transatlantic flights."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.