A death in the familyNovel focuses on the family of seven-year-old Rufus Follett in Knoxville, Tennessee, just before and just after the fatal accident of his father, Jay. Conveys a sensitive but unsentimental portrait of childhood and the conflict between parents. |
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User Review - LeslieHurd - LibraryThingShouldn't I love a Pulitzer Prize winning book? I can understand the grief of this family that lost its husband/father/child because he seems a genuinely nice man. Unfortunately, I don't like anyone ... Read full review
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User Review - bpeters65 - LibraryThingA Death in the Family reveals the plot in it's title. It premise is simple: A father dies and the family deals with his death. The difficult part is telling the children, and so it goes on... The ... Read full review
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| Title | A death in the family |
| Author | James Agee |
| Publisher | Bantam Books, 1969 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | Aug 1, 2011 |
| Length | 318 pages |
| Subjects | › Boys Fathers and sons Fiction / Family Life Knoxville (Tenn.) Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters Traffic accident victims |
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