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The illustrated Mum
By Wilson, Jacqueline
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- ISBN
- 978-0-38590-263-2
- Publisher
- New York : Delacorte Press, 2005, c1999.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2005
Gr 5-8 A searing portrait of a woman's mental illness and its effects on her children is told by her youngest daughter, 10-year-old Dolphin. High school student Star is a practical, angry teen. Their mother, Marigold, is covered in tattoos and compulsively gets new ones whenever she gets upset, which happens more and more frequently. The family is constantly on the brink of being homeless and the girls essentially have to take care of thems...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
