The ballad of Laurel Springs
(Large Print)

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Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large print edition.
ISBN
9781432891237, 1432891235
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487 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Published
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
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Large print edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781432891237, 1432891235

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Ten-year-old Grace is in search of a subject for her fifth-grade history project when she learns that her four times-great grandfather once stabbed his lover to death. His grisly act was memorialised in a murder ballad, her aunt tells her, so it must be true. But the lessons of that revelation - to be careful of men, and desire - are not just Grace's to learn. Her family's tangled past is part of a dark legacy in which the lives of generations of women are affected by the violence immortalised in folksongs like 'Knoxville Girl' and 'Pretty Polly' reminding them always to know their place - or risk the wages of sin. Janet Beard's stirring novel, informed by her love of these haunting ballads, vividly imagines these women, defined by the secrets they keep, the surprises they uncover and the lurking sense of menace that follows them throughout their lives. With the same rich sense of place as Bloodroot or Serena, The Ballad of Laurel Springs is an unforgettable portrait of women fighting to make a safe place in the world for themselves and the people they love.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Beard, J. (2021). The ballad of Laurel Springs (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Beard, Janet. 2021. The Ballad of Laurel Springs. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Beard, Janet. The Ballad of Laurel Springs Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.

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Beard, Janet. The Ballad of Laurel Springs Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.

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