With nostalgic black-and-white photos from the era throughout, this treasure of a book offers an authentic, poignant glimpse into one family's struggle to stay together when the world around them was falling apart. Family life Death All from 1.45 New from 33.72 Used from 1.45 All Copies ( 13 ) Softcover ( 13 ) Choose Edition ( 1 ) Book Details Seller Sort of 1 Books by Bernice Thurman Hunter Janeys Choice Starting at 2. And soon, soon, she knows her parents will stop fighting, her hunger pangs will subside, and her family will laugh again. Yes, life is full of setbacks.īut through the eyes of Booky Thomson the world has an energetic, rosy tinge: there are street games to play at night with the neighbourhood kids butter and white sugar sandwiches important talks with her Grandpa riding the streetcar to her Aunt Susan's nut and candy shop and an oh-so-special afternoon at the talking picture show. : That Scatterbrain Booky (9780590710824) by Bernice Thurman Hunter and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available. Booky's father can't find work her mother is expecting another baby the bailiff keeps threatening to evict the family from their home and her older brother Arthur is terribly annoying. It's almost 1933 and the Great Depression has hit the east end of Toronto. Scatterbrained, incorrigible and irrepressible ― Booky will win you over in this Canadian classic set in Depression-era Toronto.
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