Read Hello, I Must Be Going

Hello, I Must Be Going

Christie Hodgen

4.9/5 (18376 ratings)

Description:It's the early 1980s, and tomboy Frankie Hawthorne's world is overturned when her beloved father—a Vietnam amputee who masks depression by playing comedian—shoots himself. Frankie's neighborhood, in a down-at-the-heels industrial city near Boston, has had its own happier times. Left behind along with Frankie are her mother, Gerrie, a waitress at Friendly's, and a sweetly innocent younger brother, Teddy.Soon, Frankie decides not to talk, resisting the overly ebullient school psychologist, and comforting herself by drawing cartoons. Gerri, now chain-smoking and addicted to television—Doris Day! Rock Hudson!—wears an imaginary charm bracelet of disappointments. The once-adorable Teddy runs wild and is frequently summoned to the principal's office.Finally, with some unlikely help, Frankie understands the possibility of growing beyond grief. Balancing perfectly between funny and sad, this poignant novel is about the tenacity of ghosts and the stubbornness of love.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hello, I Must Be Going. To get started finding Hello, I Must Be Going, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0393061396

Description: It's the early 1980s, and tomboy Frankie Hawthorne's world is overturned when her beloved father—a Vietnam amputee who masks depression by playing comedian—shoots himself. Frankie's neighborhood, in a down-at-the-heels industrial city near Boston, has had its own happier times. Left behind along with Frankie are her mother, Gerrie, a waitress at Friendly's, and a sweetly innocent younger brother, Teddy.Soon, Frankie decides not to talk, resisting the overly ebullient school psychologist, and comforting herself by drawing cartoons. Gerri, now chain-smoking and addicted to television—Doris Day! Rock Hudson!—wears an imaginary charm bracelet of disappointments. The once-adorable Teddy runs wild and is frequently summoned to the principal's office.Finally, with some unlikely help, Frankie understands the possibility of growing beyond grief. Balancing perfectly between funny and sad, this poignant novel is about the tenacity of ghosts and the stubbornness of love.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hello, I Must Be Going. To get started finding Hello, I Must Be Going, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Hello, I Must Be Going

Hello, I Must Be Going

More Books

Elegies for the Brokenhearted

Elegies for the Brokenhearted

A Jeweler's Eye for Flaw: Stories (Associated Writing Programs Award in Short Fiction)

A Jeweler's Eye for Flaw: Stories (Associated Writing Programs Award in Short Fiction)

The History of Baseball

The History of Baseball

Special Problems (Kindle Single)

Special Problems (Kindle Single)

Boy Meets Girl (AWP Award Series for the Novel)

Boy Meets Girl (AWP Award Series for the Novel)

New Letters vol. 86 no. 4

New Letters vol. 86 no. 4

The Southern Review, 48:1: Winter 2012

The Southern Review, 48:1: Winter 2012

Ploughshares Fall 2021

Ploughshares Fall 2021

Christie Hodgen'sElegies for the Brokenhearted: A Novel [Hardcover](2010)

Christie Hodgen'sElegies for the Brokenhearted: A Novel [Hardcover](2010)