Edith herself

By Howard, Ellen & Himler, Ronald

Publishers Summary:
Orphaned by her mother's death, Edith goes to live with her older sister and her dour husband in their stern Christian farming household, where the strain of adjusting seems to aggravate her epileptic seizures.

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ISBN
978-0-68931-314-1
Publisher
New York : Atheneum, 1987.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on April 1, 1987

Gr 4-6 After the death of their widowed mother, Edith's older brothers and sister decide that they can manage the farm themselves. But Edith, the youngest, makes her home with her married sister, Alena; her husband, John; Vernon, their son; and baby Lettie. Soon the household is disrupted by Edith's "fits." Edith must come to terms with her problem and her new life. Set in the 1890s before epilepsy was controlled and understood, this story is tol...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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