by Jeannette Walls · Tapa dura · ISBN 9781476744049
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«The Silver Star» is the novel by Jeannette Walls, published by Scribner in paperback (269 pages, in English).
In 1970, Bean (12) and her sister Liz (15) travel to Virginia to take refuge in the dilapidated family mansion of their uncle Tinsley, after their mother leaves. Bean adapts to the town and discovers secrets about her father, while Liz, introverted, becomes increasingly withdrawn after working for Jerry Maddox, foreman of the mill.
The novel was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award 2013 in the fiction category. Jeannette Walls is also the author of the best seller «The Glass Castle».
Recommended for book clubs and for readers of coming-of-age and historical novels set in rural America of the seventies.
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Jeannette Walls is an American author and journalist widely known as former gossip columnist for MSNBC.com and author of The Glass Castle, a memoir of the nomadic family life of her childhood. Published in 2005, it had been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 421 weeks as of June 3, 2018. She is a 2006 recipient of the Alex Award and Christopher Award.
