The Ballad of Jessie Pearl - Hardcover

Hitchcock, Shannon

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9781608981410: The Ballad of Jessie Pearl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 160898141X ISBN 13: 9781608981410

Publisher: Namelos Llc, 2013

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It's 1922, and Jessie has big plans for her future, but that's before tuberculosis strikes. Though she has no talent for cooking, cleaning, or nursing, Jessie puts her dreams on hold to help her family. She falls in love for the first time ever, and suddenly what she wants is not so simple anymore. Inspired by Shannon Hitchcock's family history, The Ballad of Jessie Pearl wraps you like an old quilt in the traditions, tastes, and dialect of rural North Carolina.

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From the Author:

I got the idea for The Ballad of Jessie Pearl when my son interviewed family members for his eighth grade history project. One of the stories he collected was of his great-grandmother's sister who died from tuberculosis. She left behind a ten-month-old baby and a letter planning her own funeral. That bit of family history captured my imagination and inspired my book.

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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 you 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's before tuberculosis strikes. Though she has no talent for cooking, cleaning, or nursing, Jessie puts her dreams on hold to help her family. She falls in love for the first time ever, and suddenly what she wants is not so simple anymore.Inspired by Shannon Hitchcock's family history, The Ballad of Jessie Pearl wraps you like an old quilt in the traditions, tastes, and dialect of rural North Carolina.

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