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Where nothing is long ago : memories of a Mormon childhood / Virginia Sorensen
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sorensen, Virginia, 1912-1991, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Utah--Juvenile literature.
- Utah.
- Latter Day Saints--Juvenile literature.
- Latter Day Saints.
- Children--Juvenile literature.
- Children.
- Family life--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Juvenile works
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7546)
- Physical Description:
- 213 pages ; 21 cm
- Manufacture:
- ©1963
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, [1963]
- Summary:
- A reflection on author Virginia Sorensen's Mormon childhood in Utah. Each of the ten stories is narrated by an adult remembering her experiences as a child and narrating events from a child's perspective. The stories are often about the child's attempt to understand the values of her community.
- Notes:
- First edition
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel 7546: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. Inscription on front pastedown: Virginia King. With dust jacket.
- OCLC:
- 1398264
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