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Turner, Ann

 
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Synopsis

A series of poems convey the feelings of Annie, a six-year-old girl whose sense of joy and security at the family's summer house is shattered when an older boy who lives nearby sexually abuses her.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A powerful true poetry memoir for anyone who has navigated the troubled waters of childhood and adolescence searching for a way to stay afloat, now in the new POINT.

Unfolding in a series of exquisite narrative poems, this is the haunting true story of a tragic summer in a young girl's life. Annie is supposed to be having a carefree summer -- but instead she must face the unwanted advances of an older boy in the neighborhood, who threatens her if she tells. It isn't until Annie's mother pries out the secret that Annie is released from her horror and isolation and can slowly begin to heal.

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