Getting near to baby / Audrey Couloumbis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Couloumbis, Audrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sisters--Fiction.

Grief--Fiction.

Death--Fiction.

Aunts--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

211 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999.

Summary:

Although thirteen-year-old Willa Jo and her Aunt Patty seem to be constantly at odds, staying with her and Uncle Hob helps Willa Jo and her younger sister come to terms with the death of their family's baby.

Contents:

1 Early Morning 1

2 Birds of a Feather 6

3 The Trouble with Aunt Patty 10

4 Don't Do This, Don't Do That 17

5 A Tough Nut to Crack 24

6 Forbidden Friends 33

7 After Baby Died 42

8 Seeing the Excavation 51

9 Two Peas in a Pod 67

10 Mrs. Wainwright's Daughter 78

11 Aunt Patty's Great Idea 89

12 A Day at Bible School 95

13 The Way Things Sometimes Work Out 104

14 The Piggly Wiggly Pickle 114

15 Second Thoughts 126

16 A Day at the Fair 134

17 Until Milly Came 145

18 Seeing Baby Off to Heaven 154

19 Aunt Patty's Arrival 163

20 Uncle Hob 167

21 The Last Straw 174

22 Talking Things Over 180

23 Aunt Patty Stands Alone 184

24 Aunt Patty Sees the Light 191

25 The End of a Long Wait 210.

Notes:

Newbery Medal Honor Book, 2000.

ISBN:

039923389X

OCLC:

40754870