The Ballad of Jessie Pearl
Description
Rm 201 "Sometimes when the kerosene lamp casts shadows, I think I see Ma’s ghost. If she were still alive, she’d say, Jessie Pearl, you keep on studying. Not everybody is cut out to be a farm wife. We’ll find a way to pay for teachers’ college. Leave your pa to me." "And tonight, Ma would notice how my hands are trembling. I can almost hear her voice. Jessie, fourteen is too young to help birth a baby. Why don’t you go and study in the kitchen? But Ma is just a memory." It’s 1922, and Jessie has big plans for her future, but that&rsqu...
ISBN(s)
1608981428, 9781608981427
